Title: Learning from the Germans : race and the memory of evil /
Authors: Neiman, Susan
Year: 2019
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; Civil rights movements; Collective memory; Denazification; National socialism Public opinion; Public opinion; Racism Public opinion; World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities.; National socialism.; African Americans.; Racism.; Civil rights movements United States.; Public opinion United States.; Public opinion Germany.; Germany; United States
Abstract: "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.
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.