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Revisiting Abolition and the Power of "We" 重新审视废奴与“我们”的力量

3区文学 Q4 Arts and Humanities

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THEORY AND INTERPRETATION

Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2023.a906902

Olivia Carpenter

Abstract: Writing in 2021, as a follow up to the Summer 2020 Special Issue, "Scholarship in a Time of Crisis," I revisit the work of the pronoun "we" in official statements on Black Lives Matter now that the many academic institutions, major corporations, non-profits, small businesses, volunteer groups, social clubs, and Instagram accounts that penned some variation of the statement "We affirm that Black Lives Matter" have largely moved on to other priorities. I contend that 2021, much like 2020, contained several uncanny echoes of the abolition politics of the eighteenth century. The subject position "we" remains slippery and problematic—perhaps even more than in 2020—despite or perhaps because of apparent victories such as Derek Chauvin's conviction for the murder of George Floyd. I discuss the key ways this court case echoes the legal and political contexts of the late eighteenth-century abolition movement before pivoting to a reflection on eighteenth-century Black resistance, grassroots antiracist efforts, and some key takeaways for today's academics.

摘要:作为2020年夏季特刊“危机时期的奖学金”的后续文章，我在2021年的文章中回顾了“黑人的命也重要”官方声明中代词“我们”的作用，因为许多学术机构、大公司、非营利组织、小企业、志愿者团体、社交俱乐部和Instagram账户都写了一些“我们确认黑人的命也重要”的声明，这些声明在很大程度上已经转移到了其他优先事项上。我认为，2021年，就像2020年一样，包含了18世纪废奴政治的几个不可思议的回声。“我们”的主体地位仍然是不稳定和有问题的——可能比2020年还要多——尽管或者可能是因为明显的胜利，比如德里克·肖文(Derek Chauvin)因谋杀乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)而被定罪。我将讨论这一法庭案件与18世纪晚期废奴运动的法律和政治背景相呼应的关键方式，然后再转向对18世纪黑人抵抗运动、基层反种族主义努力的反思，以及对当今学术界的一些关键启示。

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Reading Utopia in 2022 阅读2022年的乌托邦

3区文学 Q4 Arts and Humanities

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-THEORY AND INTERPRETATION

Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/ecy.2023.a906903

Hannah Lauren Murray

Abstract: This essay encourages eighteenth-century scholars to read John Lithgow's utopian fiction Equality—A Political Romance (1802). Set in the protocommunist, protofeminist and anti-individualist island of Lithconia, Equality offers readers a world without financial property, class hierarchy, or gender inequality. This essay argues that Lithconia is a radical model for a possible future America that helps us understand today's pandemic and postpandemic crises as part of a history of inequality but also asks us to imagine moving beyond them. The second part of this essay examines Equality 's lack of radical racial politics, which prompts readers to ask not just where and when a better world exists but who it is for.

摘要:本文鼓励18世纪的学者阅读约翰·利特戈的乌托邦小说《平等——政治浪漫》(1802)。《平等》以原始共产主义、原始女权主义和反个人主义的Lithconia岛为背景，为读者提供了一个没有财产、阶级等级或性别不平等的世界。本文认为，Lithconia是一个可能的未来美国的激进模式，它帮助我们理解今天的大流行和大流行后的危机是不平等历史的一部分，但也要求我们想象超越它们。本文的第二部分考察了《平等》缺乏激进的种族政治，这促使读者不仅要问一个更美好的世界何时何地存在，还要问它是为谁而存在的。

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