David Scott

Irreparable Evil

An Essay in Moral and Reparatory History

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Produktbeschreibung

Irreparable Evil explores the legacy of slavery and its moral and political implications, offering a nuanced intervention into debates over reparations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9780231213042
• ISBN-10: 0231213042
• Artikelnr.: 69231766

Autorenporträt

David Scott is the Ruth and William Lubic Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. His books include Refashioning Futures: Criticism After Postcoloniality (1999), Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (2004), Omens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice (2014), and Stuart Hall's Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity (2017). Scott is the founder and editor of the journal Small Axe and director of the Small Axe Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: On the Devastation of Lifeworlds and Forms of Life
Part I
1. The Idea of a Moral and Reparatory History
Part II
2. Incomparable Evil
3. Incommensurable Evils
Part III
4. Slavery's Evil Lifeworld
5. Evil Enrichment
Epilogue: On Irreparability
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index