Political philosophy and racial injustice : a preliminary note on methodology -- Kant on race and development -- Social darwinism and white supremacy -- Coming to terms with the past : on the politics of the memory of slavery -- What may we hope? : reflections on the idea of universal history in the wake of Kant -- Liberal imperialism and the dilemma of development -- From modernism to messianism : reflections on the state of "development" -- Conclusion : the presence of the past