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Learning from the Germans race and the memory of evil Susan Neiman

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Author:
Neiman, Susan  Search this
Physical description:
415 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Germany
United States
Allemagne
États-Unis
Date:
2019
Contents:
German lessons -- On the use and abuse of historical comparison -- Sins of the fathers -- Cold War memory -- Southern discomfort -- Everybody knows about Mississippi -- Lost causes -- Faces of Emmett Till -- Setting things straight -- Monumental recognition -- Rights and reparations -- In place of conclusions
Summary:
"As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past."--Provided by publisher
In the wake of white nationalist attacks, the ongoing debate over reparations, and the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and the contested memories they evoke, Neiman delivers an urgently needed perspective on how a country can come to terms with its historical wrongdoings. Through discussions with Germans she tells the story of the long and difficult path Germans faced in their effort to atone for the crimes of the Holocaust. In the United States, she interviews social justice activists to provide a compelling picture of the work contemporary Americans are doing to confront our violent history. -- adapted from jacket
Topic:
Collective memory  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Public opinion  Search this
National socialism--Public opinion  Search this
Denazification  Search this
African Americans--Crimes against--Public opinion  Search this
Racism--Public opinion  Search this
Civil rights movements--History  Search this
Public opinion  Search this
Mémoire collective  Search this
Nazisme--Opinion publique  Search this
Dénazification  Search this
Noirs américains--Crimes contre--Opinion publique  Search this
Racisme--Opinion publique  Search this
Mouvements des droits de l'homme--Histoire  Search this
Opinion publique  Search this
Atrocities  Search this
Civil rights movements  Search this
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities  Search this
National socialism  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Racism  Search this
Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung--Vergangenheitsbewältigung  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114553