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From around the world, whether for New York City's 9/11 Memorial, at exhibits devoted to the arts of Holocaust memory, or throughout Norway's memorial process for the murders at Utoya, James E. Young has been called on to help guide the grief stricken and survivors in how to mark their…
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1 author picked The Stages of Memory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Whether he’s talking about Holocaust memorials or the 9/11 memorial, James Young is always eloquent and poignant. The most important thing I have learned from all his writing is that memorials can never be redemptive, but must express the void of loss without attempting to fill it with consoling meaning.
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