Conversations at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture: Commonweal Magazine editor Dominic Preziosi hosts The Commonweal Podcast, a regular compendium of in-depth interviews, discussions, and profiles presented by Commonweal’s editors and contributors.
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Conversations at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture: Commonweal Magazine editor Dominic Preziosi hosts The Commonweal Podcast, a regular compendium of in-depth interviews, discussions, and profiles presented by Commonweal’s editors and contributors.
For as long as humans beings have existed, we have had a knack for forgetting—not only when memory proves difficult, but when it becomes inconvenient.
We need only look at Donald Trump’s pardoning of the January 6 “hostages” for the latest, most egregious example.
Why do humans long to forget? Why do we hide the truth from ourselves? What is the function of memory in democratic societies?
On this episode, senior editor Matt Boudway speaks with Mark Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University and author of the new book Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting not to Know.
For further reading:
Matt Boudway on a memoir by Julian Barnes
Tal Howard reviews Mark Lilla’s Shipwrecked Mind
Timothy Snyder on the indignity of voting for Donald Trump
Tomáš Halík on what some in the Church prefer to forget
The Commonweal Podcast
Conversations at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture: Commonweal Magazine editor Dominic Preziosi hosts The Commonweal Podcast, a regular compendium of in-depth interviews, discussions, and profiles presented by Commonweal’s editors and contributors.
