We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.
History provides a laboratory in which we see played out the actual, as well as the intended, consequences of ideas.
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.