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Learning from the Germans race and the memory of evil

"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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Main Author: Neiman, Susan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Collective memory > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Germany > Public opinion.
National socialism > Public opinion.
Denazification > Germany.
African Americans > Crimes against > Public opinion.
Racism > United States > Public opinion.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
Collective memory > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Public opinion > Germany.
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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.
Physical Description:415 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index.
ISBN:0374184461
9780374184469
Author Notes:Susan Neiman is the director of the Einstein Forum. Her previous books, which have been translated into many languages, include Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age ; Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists ; Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy ; The Unity of Reason ; and Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin . She studied philosophy at Harvard and the Free University of Berlin, and was a professor of philosophy at Yale and Tel Aviv Universities. She is the mother of three grown children and lives in Berlin.

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