Eric Hayot, "Humanist Reason: A History. An Argument. A Plan" (Columbia UP, 2021)
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The Basic Structure of Humanist Reason
To study a historical event, the election of donald trump is to have to think about and understand what could have happened that didn't happen. There's lots of things that could have happened, right? You can make all sorts of aa predictions. So part of my argument iss then, if things are determined by their context, but not absolutely so, then knowing what could have happening is part of understanding things - even though it didn't happen'
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