LEADER 04165cam a2200673 i 4500001 277969 005 20240621233135.0 008 200908s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2020004401 020 9780231196949 |qhardcover 020 0231196946 |qhardcover 020 9780231196956 |qpaperback 020 0231196954 |qpaperback 020 |z9780231551908 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1147902320 035 277969 042 pcc 043 f-sa---n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBDX |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dYDX |dGZT |dLHM 050 00 D16.9 |b.S427 2020 100 1 Scott, Joan Wallach, |eauthor. 245 10 On the judgment of history / |cJoan Wallach Scott. 264 1 New York : |bColumbia University Press, |c[2020] 300 xxiii, 117 pages ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Ruth Benedict book series 500 See also: In the name of history by Joan Wallach Scott. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Preface: History, Race, Nation -- 1. The nation-state as the telos of history: 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 -- Epilogue: Revisioning history. 520 "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 and values, and upends our commonly-used adages about "the judgment of history" or being "on the right side of history." The three chapters examine the Nuremberg Tribunal, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the movement for reparations for slavery in the U.S. Scott examines how our association of these events with the expectation that history moves in an ever-improving linear direction. Instead, Scott forces us to reassess the history of these cases, not as an appeal to how history will ultimately judge these events, but rather as a need to perpetuate the nation-state and its claims to morality"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 History |xPhilosophy. 650 0 Historiography. 650 0 Nationalism |xHistory. 650 0 Racism |xHistory. 650 0 Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 |xHistory. 610 10 South Africa. |bTruth and Reconciliation Commission |xHistory. 650 0 Reparations for historical injustices |zUnited States |xHistory. 610 17 South Africa. |bTruth and Reconciliation Commission. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00727574 650 7 Historiography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958221 650 7 History |xPhilosophy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958266 650 7 Nationalism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01033832 650 7 Racism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01086616 650 7 Reparations for historical injustices. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01732564 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 647 7 Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals |c(Nuremberg, Germany : |d1945-1946) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01709901 648 7 1945-1946 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 650 7 Racism. |2homoit 700 1 |iSimilar work:Scott, Joan Wallach. |tIn the name of history. 776 08 |iOnline version:Scott, Joan Wallach, |tOn the judgment of history |dNew York : Columbia University Press, 2020. |z9780231551908 |w(DLC) 2020004402 830 0 Ruth Benedict book series. 856 40 |3Electronic version(s) available |zHosted by ProQuest |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ushmm/detail.action?docID=6146939 852 |bebook 852 0 |bscstacks |hD16.9 |i.S427 2020