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George Santayana was wrong — remembering the past won't always protect us

JL;DR SUMMARY Reflecting on the role of historians in contemporary society, Robert Zaretsky challenges the belief that remembering the past will prevent us from repeating mistakes, a notion famously posited by George Santayana. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HistoryTrumpGazaHistoriographyEthicsJanuary 6Public IntellectualsGeorge SantayanaTony Judt

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"ending his career as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European History at New York University"
Jerusalem, Israel
"Israel’s successful defiance of international law for so long has made Jerusalem blind and deaf to the seriousness"
Israel
"One need not agree with Judts controversial argument for a single binational state for Jews and Palestinians to accept his prescient analysis of Israels policies in Gaza and the Occupied Territories."
London, United Kingdom
"Born in London to Jewish parents whose families had fled the pogroms in East Europe"
Houston, Texas, United States
"A professor at the University of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist"

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