Learning from the Germans : race and the memory of evil
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40029388262
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index.
Description
"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.
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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
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LC Subjects
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Public opinion.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
Collective memory -- Germany.
Collective memory -- United States.
Denazification -- Germany.
National socialism -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Germany.
Public opinion -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Public opinion.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
Collective memory -- Germany.
Collective memory -- United States.
Denazification -- Germany.
National socialism -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Germany.
Public opinion -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Public opinion.