{"product_id":"irreparable-evil-an-essay-in-moral-and-reparatory-history-paperback","title":"Irreparable Evil: An Essay in Moral and Reparatory History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was distinctive about the evil of the transatlantic slave trade and New World slavery? In what ways can the present seek to rectify such historical wrongs, even while recognizing that they lie beyond repair? \u003ci\u003eIrreparable Evil\u003c\/i\u003e explores the legacy of slavery and its moral and political implications, offering a nuanced intervention into debates over reparations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Scott reconsiders the story of New World slavery in a series of interconnected essays that focus on Jamaica and the Anglophone Caribbean. Slavery, he emphasizes, involved not only scarcely imaginable brutality on a mass scale but also the irreversible devastation of the ways of life and cultural worlds from which enslaved people were uprooted. Colonial extraction shaped modern capitalism; plantation slavery enriched colonial metropoles and simultaneously impoverished their peripheries. To account for this atrocity, Scott examines moral and reparatory modes of history and criticism, probing different conceptions of evil. He reflects on the paradoxes of seeking redress for the specific moral evil of slavery, criticizing the limitations of liberal rights-based arguments for reparations that pursue reconciliation with the past. Instead, this book argues, in making the urgent demand for reparations, we must acknowledge the fundamental irreparability of a wrong of such magnitude.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Scott is the Ruth and William Lubic Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. His books include \u003ci\u003eRefashioning Futures: Criticism After Postcoloniality\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and \u003ci\u003eStuart Hall's Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). Scott is the founder and editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eSmall Axe\u003c\/i\u003e and director of the Small Axe Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724307624243,"sku":"9780231213059","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Sf8O9Nq4CQ9780231213059.webp?v=1763690239","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/irreparable-evil-an-essay-in-moral-and-reparatory-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}