Russell Berman Quote

Periodization sequesters human experience. The historicist separation of the past from the present prohibits empathy with the past and therefore precludes criticism in the present.


p. 18. - Fiction Sets You Free: Literature, Liberty and Western Culture (2007)


Periodization sequesters human experience. The historicist separation of the past from the present prohibits empathy with the past and therefore...

Periodization sequesters human experience. The historicist separation of the past from the present prohibits empathy with the past and therefore...

Periodization sequesters human experience. The historicist separation of the past from the present prohibits empathy with the past and therefore...

Periodization sequesters human experience. The historicist separation of the past from the present prohibits empathy with the past and therefore...