GibburtTony Judt, the ‘problem of evil’ in Postwar Europe
The holiday season also hit Gibburt and as such we have not been as active for the last few weeks as we could have been. After the vacation however you can again expect many different discussions and opinions so keep checking in.
For now I would like to draw your attention to the following article from Tony Judt,written for the New York Review of Books. In case I did not yet manage to convince you to read Judt’s book Postwar, this article might give you a taste of his intellectual might. In it he discusses how our modern concept of evil has its roots in the horrible events of World War II. Furthermore he argues that bringing these events out on every possible occasion -whether it is to justify or to condemn – will lead to a watering down of both our memory and our understanding of this period. For another view on why bringing out the events of World War II is detrimental to every discussion please see here.
If you would like to read some more from Tony Judt, I can also recommend a number of other articles he wrote for the same website. Please find them here.
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