The Past Is Never Dead – But Maybe It Should Be
Aug 02, 2021•41 min
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Episode description
After reporting on the cruelest wars of the late 20th century, journalist and cultural critic David Rieff concluded that remembering history was no defense against repeating it, and could even be a culprit.
His book, In Praise of Forgetting: Historical Memory and Its Ironies, explains why.
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