Thursday, January 27, 2005

The Scarecrow: Never Forget

The Scarecrow, at Comments From Left Field, on what we should remember about the horror of Auschwitz:

Never Forget

2 comments:

Michael said...

Does studying the past prepare us to understand the present?

Abu Ghraib Understood in the Context Of Past Events

Michael said...

A warning from the past--that resonates deeply with our current political practices... also pair with Giorgio Agamben's "State of Exception" and Zizek's "Spectre of Ideology"--mixing with Fromm's understanding how humans develop a necrophiliac relationship with technology and Arendt's recognition of the banality of evil, mapping of the "origins of totalitarianism" and the broader "human condition" ...

The "Cunning of History" is a powerful, slim book that has only increased in importance--it speaks as a voice from the past about where the war on terror could lead.

I found my copy in a small antique store in the middle of a bunch of furniture--pure fate...