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020    9780300228939 |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper)
020    0300228937 |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper)
035    (OCoLC)ocn982652287
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050  4 DS115.5 |b.M94 2018
100 1  Myers, David N., |eauthor.
245 14 The stakes of history : |bon the use and abuse of Jewish history for life / |cDavid N. Myers.
264  1 New Haven : |bYale University Press, |c[2018]
264  4  |c©2018
300    xii, 180 pages ; |c22 cm.
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
490 1  The Franz Rosenzweig lecture series
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.
505 00  |gIntroduction. |tHistory, memory, and what lies in between -- |gchapter 1. |tHistory as liberation -- |gchapter 2. |tHistory as consolation -- |gchapter 3. |tHistory as witness -- |gConclusion. |tHistorian between remembering and forgetting -- |gPostscript. |tA brief reflection on method.
520    "Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in the contemporary world? These questions prompted David N. Myers's illuminating and poignant call for the relevance of historical research and writing. His inquiry identifies a number of key themes around which modern Jewish historians have wrapped their labors: liberation, consolation, and witnessing. Through these portraits, Myers revisits the chasm between history and memory, revealing the middle space occupied by modern Jewish historians as they work between the poles of empathic storytelling and the critical sifting of sources. History, properly applied, can both destroy ideologically rooted myths that breed group hatred and create new memories that are sustaining of life. Alive in these investigations is Myers's belief that the historian today can and should attend to questions of political and moral urgency. Historical knowledge is not a luxury to society but an essential requirement for informed civic engagement, as well as a vital tool in policy making, conflict resolution, and restorative justice."-- |cProvided by publisher.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Jews |xHistoriography.
650  7 Jews |xHistoriography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983240
830  0 Franz Rosenzweig lecture series.
852 0   |bstacks |hDS115.5 |i.M94 2018