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Book 7, Ep. 2 | Historical Memory with Shira Lurie

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The Quest for a Neutral History

The quest for a neutral history is a fool's errand, says Hannah Arendt. We choose who to valorize and remember and we choose who to marginalize and forget,. She asks: Why are we so interested in using history to think about ourselves in the present? Isn't that what work is historical memory doing now?

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