Reparations

Reparations is the sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism. It is a book of significant importance - not least as a study of the psychology of guilt.

Many now claim that Western countries should pay reparations to former colonies for the lasting damage they caused, especially through slavery. To what extent is the argument about damage correct in the first place? And, if it is correct, what should we now do about it?

Reparations removes the sloganeering from a newly-fashionable cause, sets the issue in its proper historical context, and mounts an ethical counter-argument. The natural sequel to Nigel Biggar's bestselling and widely acclaimed Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, it makes a powerful contribution to an increasingly prominent public debate.