{"product_id":"omens-of-adversity-9780822356066","title":"Omens of Adversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound critique of postcolonial temporality. David Scott argues that the palpable sense of the present as time stalled, without hope for emancipatory futures, has had far-reaching effects on how we think about justice and the nature of political action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The strength of \u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e lies in its ability to productively and persuasively move across interpretive practices, weaving together a diverse array of sources.... The work has deep implications for thinking about imaginations of the future\" -- Stephen McIssac * TOPIA *\u003cbr\u003e\"Scholars struggling with similar questions and concepts will find here food for thought.\" -- Mark Thurner * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e is a grim, sobering, and tragic book that should be required for all graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in postcolonial theory, Caribbean history, cultural anthropology, and others dealing with the “end of history” or political transition theory. Scholars with those interests should consider it a must read. It is not only a cautionary tale to constantly take stock of the past lest we live in a recurring catastrophic present but also one of the most intellectually gratifying and adventurous books of recent years.”   -- Suzanne Simon * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e“This conceptually very dense book is surely pioneering in the way that it redefines temporality and political action and gives a language and method to study past and\/or failed revolutionary actions.” -- Charlotte Loris-Rodinoff * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of Caribbean and postcolonial studies, political theory, Marxism and Revolution, Trauma and Memory Studies.\" -- Shalini Puri * New West Indian Guide *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking and thoroughly inspiring book. Particularly illuminating is the notion of the contemporary neoliberal predicament as a stagnant, stranded present, devoid of promises of a better future.\" -- Carl Rommel * Social Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\"In many ways, \u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e is a continuation and deepening of a line of thought that social and cultural theorist David Scott has been developing for years. . . . Scott’s larger project is marked by a progressively more strident analysis, a darkening view of what he sees as our increasingly strangulated set of political possibilities. As such, \u003ci\u003eOmens \u003c\/i\u003edemands serious engagement by social and political theorists.\" -- Robert Nichols * Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e brings to the fore the political work that silences perform in post-revolutionary societies and provides conceptually potent models for anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and others interested in probing such questions further.” -- Maarit Forde * PoLAR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue. Aftermaths 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Tragedy, Time \u003cbr\u003e 1. Revolution's Tragic Ends: Temporal Dimensions of Political Action 33\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stranded in the Present: The Ruins of Time 67\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Memory, Justice \u003cbr\u003e 3. Generations of Memory: The Work of Mourning 99\u003cbr\u003e 4. Evading Truths: The Rhetoric of Transitional Justice 127\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. The Temporality of Forgiving 165\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 173\u003cbr\u003e Notes 177\u003cbr\u003e Index 215","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528007065943,"sku":"9780822356066","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822356066.jpg?v=1731870037","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/omens-of-adversity-9780822356066","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}