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Memory Failure

Historical memory is too volatile to be fixed by political and cultural institutions; it always seemed implausible that a collective moral education could produce a stable, homogenous attitude across the generations. There are too many other factors determining what is remembered and what is forgotten, and the German national subconscious is burdened by a century of secrecy, crimes and cover-ups. Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on Germany and genocide.

#BookReview #germany #EsraOzyurek #AndrewPort #holocaust #EthnicCleansing #nazism #genocide #palestine #GazaGenocide #israel #philosemitism #muslims #islamophobia #antisemitism #history #histodon #philosophy #books #bookstodon

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01/pankaj-mishra/memory-failure

Memory Failure

Historical memory is too volatile to be fixed by political and cultural institutions; it always seemed implausible that a collective moral education could produce a stable, homogenous attitude across the generations. There are too many other factors determining what is remembered and what is forgotten, and the German national subconscious is burdened by a century of secrecy, crimes and cover-ups. Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on Germany and genocide.

#BookReview #germany #EsraOzyurek #AndrewPort #holocaust #EthnicCleansing #nazism #genocide #palestine #GazaGenocide #israel #philosemitism #muslims #islamophobia #antisemitism #history #histodon #philosophy #books #bookstodon

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01/pankaj-mishra/memory-failure

Memory Failure

Historical memory is too volatile to be fixed by political and cultural institutions; it always seemed implausible that a collective moral education could produce a stable, homogenous attitude across the generations. There are too many other factors determining what is remembered and what is forgotten, and the German national subconscious is burdened by a century of secrecy, crimes and cover-ups. Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on Germany and genocide.

#BookReview #germany #EsraOzyurek #AndrewPort #holocaust #EthnicCleansing #nazism #genocide #palestine #GazaGenocide #israel #philosemitism #muslims #islamophobia #antisemitism #history #histodon #philosophy #books #bookstodon

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01/pankaj-mishra/memory-failure

Memory Failure

Historical memory is too volatile to be fixed by political and cultural institutions; it always seemed implausible that a collective moral education could produce a stable, homogenous attitude across the generations. There are too many other factors determining what is remembered and what is forgotten, and the German national subconscious is burdened by a century of secrecy, crimes and cover-ups. Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on Germany and genocide.

#BookReview #germany #EsraOzyurek #AndrewPort #holocaust #EthnicCleansing #nazism #genocide #palestine #GazaGenocide #israel #philosemitism #muslims #islamophobia #antisemitism #history #histodon #philosophy #books #bookstodon

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01/pankaj-mishra/memory-failure

Memory Failure

Historical memory is too volatile to be fixed by political and cultural institutions; it always seemed implausible that a collective moral education could produce a stable, homogenous attitude across the generations. There are too many other factors determining what is remembered and what is forgotten, and the German national subconscious is burdened by a century of secrecy, crimes and cover-ups. Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on Germany and genocide.

#BookReview #germany #EsraOzyurek #AndrewPort #holocaust #EthnicCleansing #nazism #genocide #palestine #GazaGenocide #israel #philosemitism #muslims #islamophobia #antisemitism #history #histodon #philosophy #books #bookstodon

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n01/pankaj-mishra/memory-failure