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The Past Is Never Dead – But Maybe It Should Be

The Past Is Never Dead – But Maybe It Should Be

Tel Aviv Review · TLV1 Studios

August 2, 202141m 15s

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Show Notes

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.