Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond repair : political and psychic genealogies in Locke and Klein -- The human : war and violence in the Transpacific -- Beyond sovereignty : absolute apology, absolute forgiveness.

"Reparations and the Human examines political and psychoanalytical genealogies of reparation across the history of colonial modernity. Looking at relations between Europe, the Americas, and Asia, David L. Eng asks who and what is considered deserving of attention, care, and repair. Eng argues that the gap between "reparations" and "making reparation" not only establishes the conditions for the emergence of the human being, but also subordinates subjects and populations deemed less than human. Through the book's three parts, Eng analyzes these distinctions of reparation through a theoretical lens, and then, more practically, as an aftermath of genocide and nuclear holocaust, as well as in the present moment of impending environmental collapse. These histories serve to interrogate the effects of colonialism and tools of decolonization and human rights, while also revealing how politics of repair, apology, and redemption are embroiled with continued state violence"-- Provided by publisher.