On the judgment of history / Joan Wallach Scott.
On the judgment of history / Joan Wallach Scott.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/3965
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English
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xxiii, 117 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface: History, Race, Nation -- 1. The nation-state as the telos of history: the Nuremberg Tribunal, 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, c.182...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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"After watching the 2017 Charlottesville riots, Joan Wallach Scott began thinking about our standard views of history as progressive, and the culmination of progress in the Western European nation-state since the 18th century. The return of once-discredited ideas-Nazism, white supremacy, nationalism-poses serious threats to democratic institutions...
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On the judgment of history / Joan Wallach Scott.
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Ruth Benedict book series
See also: In the name of history by Joan Wallach Scott.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/3965
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74VKaMXxGGdM
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ISBN
0231196954 paperback
9780231196949 hardcover
0231196946 hardcover
9780231196956 paperback
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901
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991024349317002626
