In this episode we talk to David Scott. David Scott is Ruth and William Lubic Professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. He has published numerous works - among them Refashioning Futures: Criticism after Postcoloniality, published 1999, Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment, published 2004, and Omens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice, in 2014. He also has two forthcoming books: “Irreparable Evil: An Essay in Moral and Reparatory History,” and, with Orlando Patterson The Paradox of Freedom: A Biographical Dialogue.
He visited the University of Potsdam in July and August as the RTG’s Mercator Fellow, where he gave public talks and master classes, which enabled us to develop an ongoing conversation with him and to have the pleasure of hosting him on this podcast. Our discussions focussed on his preoccupation in the last years with the life and thought of his friend Stuart Hall, specifically on his 2017 book Stuart Hall’s Voice: Intimations of an Ethics of Receptive Generosity, which is also the center of this episode.
For links, a list of references, and more information about our guest please visit https://minor.hypotheses.org/podcast
Our amazing intro track is by Shane Cooper, called "Bass in the Bathroom", from the album "Small Songs for Big Times", March 2020. For more, please visit shanecopper.bandcamp.com/
