Graduation Date
6-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Department/Program Conferring Degree
Philosophy
Keywords
feminist philosophy, Black studies, queer theory, history, temporality
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Silverbloom, Rachel, "Nonlinearity as Care: Black, Feminist, and Queer Temporalities of History" (2022). College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 329.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/329