Nonlinearity as Care: Black, Feminist, and Queer Temporalities of History

<p>In this dissertation, I offer a study of the dominant framework of history in the United States and its linear-progressive temporality, and suggest that such a temporality (seemingly paradoxically) forecloses futures that disrupt patterns of historical violence. I argue that the creation of futures that are otherwise requires a radical reimagining and reshaping of the temporality of history, such that it is grounded in the embodied gesture of return. To that end, I explore the rich conversations about the liberatory possibilities offered by nonlinear temporalities of history that are underway in Feminist Philosophy, Black Studies, and Queer Theory.</p>

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Silverbloom, Rachel

• feminist philosophy
• Black studies
• queer theory
• history
• temporality

Repository record dc:identifier

https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/329

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:via.library.depaul.edu:etd-1333