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In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies
David Rieff
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| #615413 in Books | Yale University Press | 2016-05-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.70 x5.80l,.0 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | Yale University Press||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Memory is not always desirable|By MxMz|Slow, ponderous read, but worth the effort. Reiff's arguments are deliberate, thoughtful, and cautious. He often makes a considerable effort to make an argument and just as he has convinced you of his premise, he puts forth an antithesis to that very premise and makes a counter argument. This is one reason I enjoy his works, as difficult||
“David Rieff should be read by those in government and others who are bent on harnessing collective memory for the purposes of national commemoration.”—Hew Strachan, Times Literary Supplement
A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds
The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana’s celebrated phrase, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this right?
David Rieff, an independent writer who has reported on blo...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies | David Rieff.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
