In Against Remembrance, David Rieff provocatively argues that the business of remembrance, particularly of the great tragedies of the past, are policitised events of highly selective memory. Rather than ending injustices, as we expect it to, collective memory in so many cases dooms us to an endless cycle of vengeance. Humanity, he says, simply cannot cope with the true ambivalence of historical events. And if we remember only partially, how can our memories serve us, or our society, as well as we hope?
- ISBN13 9780522858600
- Publish Date 1 April 2011
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Melbourne University Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English