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“To articulate the past historically does not mean to recognize it the way it was ”

Walter Benjamin

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Explaining the past clearly doesn't mean seeing it exactly as it happened.

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Cultural memory Historical analysis Historical interpretation Historical perspective Historiography History Memory Philosophy of history Walter benjamin
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