On the Judgment of History

Author/Contributor(s):	Scott, Joan Wallach
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	09/22/2020
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.