{"product_id":"conscripts-of-modernity-9780822334446","title":"Conscripts of Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUses C.L.R. James'sThe Black Jacobins as a jumping-off point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history, politics, and agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[R]eaders… will find it a provocative and insightful challenge for postcolonial studies of the Caribbean and other world regions…. \u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity \u003c\/i\u003emarks a significant step forward in the project of exploring critical histories of the postcolonial present in the Caribbean and around the globe.\" - Jacob Campbell, \u003ci\u003eTransforming Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is fascinating, and I recommend it highly. . . . Tremendously thought-provoking and relevant.\" - Danny Postel,\u003ci\u003e opendemocracy.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a well-argued, rich book raising pertinent questions about the writing of history. . . . Historians interested in the postcolonial era should take note of this important study.\" - Rosemarijn Hoeft, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I derived immense pleasure from reading this book, a book that offers a challenging, insightful set of questions to postcolonial theory and to scholars of C. L. R. James.” - Sophie McCall, \u003ci\u003eTopia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to world knowledge. . . . And it should do much to displace the easy assumptions about temporality and power apparently so much a part of the academy’s horizon of possibility today.” - John F. Collins,\u003ci\u003e Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Scott’s strikingly original argument about the need for a tragic mode of criticism in the postcolonial present is developed through a stunning critical reading of \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e foundational text in Atlantic studies. This is C.L.R. James’ \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003eDavid Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The lessons of the book are pertinent to anthropological writing as much as historical writing. . . . Although its focus on theory and history may be disconcerting to the general anthropological audience, Scott moves through his argument slowly, and the book’s novel and powerful theoretical approach make it well worth the effort. It is a significant achievement that contributes to the development of new analytical models fit for a postcolonial world.” - \u003cb\u003eEmma Kowal\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOceania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly original and lucidly argued text, a major advance in David Scott’s effort to elaborate a new form of postcolonial criticism in the wake of the collapse of the emancipatory hopes embodied in the anticolonialist moment. Scott’s position will be found controversial by some. But it will not and cannot be ignored.”—Stuart Hall, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, The Open University\u003cbr\u003e\"For some time now, David Scott has been puzzling about where critical inquiry goes next. . . . In a radical expansion of [his] argument, his new book, \u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e proposes not that we give better answers to the old questions, but that the questions themselves are no longer relevant--because they belong to a different 'problem space' and need to be radically refashioned.\" -- Stuart Hall * BOMB *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to world knowledge. . . . And it should do much to displace the easy assumptions about temporality and power apparently so much a part of the academy’s horizon of possibility today.” -- John F. Collins * Journal of Colonialism \u0026amp; Colonial History *\u003cbr\u003e“I derived immense pleasure from reading this book, a book that offers a challenging, insightful set of questions to postcolonial theory and to scholars of C. L. R. James.” -- Sophie McCall * Topia *\u003cbr\u003e“Scott’s strikingly original argument about the need for a tragic mode of criticism in the postcolonial present is developed through a stunning critical reading of \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e foundational text in Atlantic studies. This is C.L.R. James’ \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e.” -- David Lambert * Cultural Geographies *\u003cbr\u003e“The lessons of the book are pertinent to anthropological writing as much as historical writing. . . . Although its focus on theory and history may be disconcerting to the general anthropological audience, Scott moves through his argument slowly, and the book’s novel and powerful theoretical approach make it well worth the effort. It is a significant achievement that contributes to the development of new analytical models fit for a postcolonial world.” -- Emma Kowal * Oceania *\u003cbr\u003e\"[R]eaders… will find it a provocative and insightful challenge for postcolonial studies of the Caribbean and other world regions…. \u003ci\u003eConscripts of Modernity \u003c\/i\u003emarks a significant step forward in the project of exploring critical histories of the postcolonial present in the Caribbean and around the globe.\" -- Jacob Campbell * Transforming Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is fascinating, and I recommend it highly. . . . Tremendously thought-provoking and relevant.\" -- Danny Postel * Open Democracy *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a well-argued, rich book raising pertinent questions about the writing of history. . . . Historians interested in the postcolonial era should take note of this important study.\" -- Rosemarijn Hoeft * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Futures Past 23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Romanticism and the Longing for Anticolonial Revolution 58\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conscripts of Modernity 98\u003cbr\u003e 4. Toussaint's Tragic Dilemma 132\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment 170\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue 209\u003cbr\u003e Notes 223\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 271\u003cbr\u003e Index 273","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406037098839,"sku":"9780822334446","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822334446.jpg?v=1730494326","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conscripts-of-modernity-9780822334446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}