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Omens of Adversity 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.
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Omens of Adversity, David Prescott
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Omens of Adversity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Prescott
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 082235621X
- ISBN13
- 9780822356219
- Description
- Omens of Adversity 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.