The Ethics of Memory

The Ethics of Memory
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 067400941X
ISBN-13 : 9780674009417
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Book Synopsis The Ethics of Memory by : Avishai Margalit

Download or read book The Ethics of Memory written by Avishai Margalit and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margalit’s work offers a philosophy for our time, when, in the wake of overwhelming atrocities, memory can seem more crippling than liberating, a force more for revenge than for reconciliation. The book draws on millennia of Western philosophy and religion to provide healing ideas for all who care about the nature of our relations to others.


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