LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Friday, August 10, 2012

Book Jail

Memory sparked by a post up on Premium T's blog:

I've imprisoned a 99 cent mass market paperback copy of Eugene D. Genovese's The Political Economy of Slavery: Studies in the Economy and the Society of the Slave South (1965) in a plastic bag with baking soda and occasional spritzes of white vinegar in hopes of etting rid of that horrid mildew smell.

It's been in that bag since the start of June. I keep forgetting to check it. It may be in that bag unto the end of its days, it looks like.

In the meantime I've been resorting to google and a library copy of the book for checking facts and notes.
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