We are nothing in an absolute sense. We are only what we have been-more exactly, what we remember we were. So begins the latest book by one of Europe's most influential modern sociologists, Franco Ferrarotti. In The Temptation to Forget, Ferrarotti examines how many in the waning years of the 20th century are attempting to forget or reinvent history to serve the purposes of ethnic, racial, or religious separation.
Ferrarotti focuses on anti-Semitism and its re-emergence among the Skinheads of the 1980s to draw parallels to how the Holocaust has been reinterpreted/forgotten, and to analyze the implications of this for relations with other ethnic, racial, and religious minorities. Ethnic cleansing may be a new term, but, as Ferrarotti illustrates, it has a long heritage in thought and action. This book will make for provocative reading among professional sociologists and students of contemporary social issues.
| ISBN: | 9780313294433 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 1994 |
| Author: | Franco Ferrarotti |
| Publisher: | Praeger an imprint of ABC-CLIO |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Series: | Contributions in Sociology |
| Genres: |
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Anthropology |
We are nothing in an absolute sense. We are only what we have been-more exactly, what we remember we were.
The Temptation to Forget features in the following genres: Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Anthropology
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The Temptation to Forget was written by Franco Ferrarotti and published by Praeger an imprint of ABC-CLIO
The Temptation to Forget has 190 pages
Yes it is part of Contributions in Sociology series