Description
Product ID: | 9780231196956 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Ruth Benedict Book Series |
Title: | On the Judgment of History |
Authors: | Author: Joan Wallach Scott |
Page Count: | 144 |
Subjects: | History: theory and methods, History: theory & methods, Social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
Imprint Name: | Columbia University Press |
Publisher Name: | Columbia University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-22 |