A leading scholar of Jewish history's bracing and challenging case
for the role of the historian today 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.
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