Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Learning from the Germans

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1053484072

Responsibility statement

Susan Neiman

Sub title

race and the memory of evil

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

Table Of 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

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Race and the memory of evil

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