TY - BOOK AU - Rumsey,Abby Smith TI - Memory, edited: taking liberties with history SN - 9780262048477 PY - 2023///] CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The MIT Press KW - Collective memory KW - Soviet Union KW - Russia KW - Political culture KW - Historiography KW - Intellectual life KW - In literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Making the Past Make Sense -- The Work of Memory -- Self and Society -- History as Judge, Jury, and Executioner -- The Tyranny of History -- Final Things Are for Children -- The Afterlives of the Past -- Prey to Chance -- Radical Reality -- The Free and Indispensable Work N2 - "Memory, Edited explores historical memory in the context of today's crises of extremism and polarization, showing how narratives that seem to reveal an "arc of history" leading to progress or salvation are false accounts that exclude some groups and privilege others. Rumsey gives us a deep look at 20th century Russian and Eastern European artists as a way of exploring the effects of authoritarianism and the devastation wrought by regimes dependent on Big Lies to survive"-- ER -