pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: IN PRAISE OF FORGETTING
HISTORICAL MEMORY AND ITS IRONIES
By: David Rieff
Format: Hardback

List price: £14.99


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 0300182791
ISBN 13: 9780300182798
Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 4 March, 2016
Pages: 160
Description: A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds
Synopsis: 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 bloody conflicts in Africa, the Balkans, and Central Asia, insists that things are not so simple. He poses hard questions about whether remembrance ever truly has, or indeed ever could, "inoculate" the present against repeating the crimes of the past. He argues that rubbing raw historical wounds-whether self-inflicted or imposed by outside forces-neither remedies injustice nor confers reconciliation. If he is right, then historical memory is not a moral imperative but rather a moral option-sometimes called for, sometimes not. Collective remembrance can be toxic. Sometimes, Rieff concludes, it may be more moral to forget. Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times-the Irish Troubles and the Easter Uprising of 1916, the white settlement of Australia, the American Civil War, the Balkan wars, the Holocaust, and 9/11-Rieff presents a pellucid examination of the uses and abuses of historical memory. His contentious, brilliant, and elegant essay is an indispensable work of moral philosophy.
Publication: US
Imprint: Yale University Press
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Emperor's New Mind (Paperback)
Oxford University Press
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Creative Visualization (Paperback)
New World Library
Our Price : £12.40
more details
Waking Up (Paperback)
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Our Price : £8.02
more details
Philosophy of Mind (Paperback)
Oneworld Publications
Our Price : £8.02
more details
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Our Price : £3.64
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 HUMANITIES
 philosophy
 topics in philosophy
 philosophy of mind


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 






Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB) Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket