On the Judgment of History

In the face of conflict and despair, we often console ourselves by saying that history will be the judge. Today's oppressors may escape being held responsible for their crimes, but the future will condemn them. Those who stand up for progressive values are on the right side of history. As ideas once condemned to the dustbin of history--white supremacy, hypernationalism, even fascism--return to the world, threatening democratic institutions and values, can we still hold out hope that history will render its verdict?

Table des matières

Preface: History, Race, Nation
1. The Nation- State as the Telos of History: Nuremberg, 1946
2. The Limits of Forgiveness: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 1996
3. Calling History to Account: The Movement for Reparations for Slavery in the United States
Epilogue: Revisioning History
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Joan Wallach Scott is professor emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Her Columbia University Press books include Gender and the Politics of History, thirtieth anniversary edition (2018), and Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom (2019).

Résumé

Joan Wallach Scott critically examines the belief that history will redeem us, revealing the implicit politics of appeals to the judgment of history. She argues that the notion of a linear, ever-improving direction of history hides the persistence of power structures and hinders the pursuit of alternative futures.

Texte suppl.

This is a book of reflection, deep reflection, not new research. The rewards of reading come from Scott’s penetrating analyses of familiar historical materials and her dialogue with other analysts, from Hannah Arendt to Michel de Certeau to Ta-Nehisi Coates

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Joan Wallach Scott, Scott Joan Wallach
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780231196956
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19695-6
• Pages: 144
• Thème: Ruth Benedict Book Series
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; History: theory & methods, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Modern / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, History: theory and methods