A hard-hitting New Republic article in which Ruth Franklin laments what she describes as the often narcissistic appropriation of historical tragedy by the descendents of victims.
"Not surprisingly, constructing one's identity according to a negative definition proves unproductive. In our memory-drenched culture, which celebrates lived experience with the fervor that was once reserved for divine revelation, the children of survivors, defined by their own "postness," cannot help but feel, well, secondary ..."
Posted by Alan Allport at May 25, 2004 07:13 AM