Omens of Adversity

Scott David Scott

Description

Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. The case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979-1983), and the repercussions of its collapse. In the Anglophone Caribbean, the Grenada Revolution represented both the possibility of a break from colonial and neocolonial oppression, and hope for egalitarian change and social and political justice. The Revolution's collapse in 1983 was devastating to a revolutionary generation. In hindsight, its demise signaled the end of an era of revolutionary socialist possibility. Omens of Adversity is not a history of the Revolution or its fallout. Instead, by examining related texts and phenomena, David Scott engages with broader, enduring issues of political action and tragedy, generations and memory, liberalism and transitional justice, and the possibility of forgiveness. Ultimately, Scott argues that the palpable sense of the neoliberal present as time stalled, without hope for emancipatory futures, has had far-reaching effects on how we think about the nature of political action and justice.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Cultural studies
• Indigenous peoples
• History of the Americas

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 18 décembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822377023
• Langue: English

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OMENS OF ADVERSITY

OMENS OF ADVERSITY Tàé, Té, Méô, Jûŝçé

David Scott

Dûé Uéŝ péŝŝ Dûà à ôô 

©  Dûé Uéŝ péŝŝ A ŝ éŝéé pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà ô àç-éé àé ♾ Déŝé  éàé éŝé Téŝé  Wàôç pô  Tŝé ïôàô Sŝéŝ, ïç.

à ô côéŝŝ cààô--pûçàô Dàà Sçô, Dà, – Oéŝ ô àéŝ  àé, é, éô, ûŝçé / Dà Sçô. . ç ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. Isbn ---- (çô  à. àé) Isbn ---- (.  à. àé) . Géàà—ŝô—Aéçà ïàŝô, . . Géàà—pôçŝ à ôéé—–. . Né Jéé Môéé (Géàà) ï. Té. f..s  .—ç 

For Anju à é ééàôŝ ô é é

CONTENTS

ProLogue

PART I CHaPter  CHaPter 

PART II CHaPter  CHaPter 

ePILogue

aCknowLedgments notes Index

Aéàŝ 

Tragedy,Time

Réôûô’ŝ Tàç Eŝ Téôà Déŝôŝ ô pôçà Açô 

Sàé  é péŝé héRûŝôTé

Memory,Justice

Gééàôŝ ô Méô héWôôMôû

EàTûŝhéRéôç ô Tàŝôà Jûŝçé 

héTéôàôô

  

ProLogue

AFTERMATHS

hé ûûé ŝéŝ àŝ é àŝ ôŝ, û é ûûé àŝ çôéé ôé à éé ŝ àŝ. —saInt augustIne,Conessîons

A ôé éé,  çéà çôçé Omens o Adversîtyŝ  é ô, àé, temporaîty,  é é éééçé ô é àŝŝ—é ŝôçà éàô, ôé éçŝé, ééé àŝ (é é ô éô), éŝé (é é ô çôŝçôûŝ ààééŝŝ), à ûûé (é é ô àçàô). ï ŝééŝ ô é à, ôû  à ŝ çôàé à, à é é-çôŝçôûŝéŝŝ ŝ éé éé- éé  çôéôà éô.1 Nô ŝûŝ, éàŝ, à éŝ éŝôàçé àŝ ààçé ŝé ô Aûûŝé à ŝ ééé à- ûŝ  é àçé ô é ûéaporîaséôà éé- ô éçé—é ôéŝéçé ô é àŝ, é ô-é ô é ûûé, é léé ŝà ô é éŝé— çôàŝ  é é àŝàéç à çôŝàç ô éé. ï é éôà ô- ŝéŝŝé éléçôŝ à çôŝé ôô ééé ô éConessîons, ç àçé ŝ ôàé à éàç à ô éŝéà ŝé- qûéŝô, éŝé àôàŝ çôŝûé ô  é éàŝûàé à éàé ààô ô é é à ôé ô é. A, ô çôûŝé, à éàŝ  é çûé é àŝ ô é ŝôû’ŝ éôà ŝéô (dîstentîo anîmî) àçôŝŝ é éé éŝôŝ ô éŝ- ééŝŝ—é éŝéçé ô é àŝ, é éŝéçé ô é éŝé, à é éŝéçé ô é ûûé—Aûûŝé ôéŝ ô ŝô ûç é-