On the Judgment of History
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
144 pages
978-0-231-55190-8 (ISBN)
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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.
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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).
Content
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
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
