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Book SynopsisIrreparable Evil explores the legacy of slavery and its moral and political implications, offering a nuanced intervention into debates over reparations.
Trade ReviewEngaging with moral philosophy, social theory, and postcolonial thinking, David Scott boldly argues that New World slavery was an 'absolute evil,' or irreparable harm, characterized by the destruction of African lifeworlds, for which a reparative response, both moral and material, is necessary. He does so through lucid prose and timely arguments that relate the Caribbean past to our contemporary present in persuasive and provocative ways. -- Gary Wilder, author of
Concrete Utopianism: The Politics of Temporality and SolidarityTable of ContentsPrologue: On the Devastation of Lifeworlds and Forms of Life
Part I1. The Idea of a Moral and Reparatory History
Part II2. Incomparable Evil
3. Incommensurable Evils
Part III4. Slavery’s Evil Lifeworld
5. Evil Enrichment
Epilogue: On Irreparability
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
