History-telling

By David Bidussa*

Regarding statues: retelling history is never consoling and it is good that it is divisive. It is one of the reasons why history is a discussion in the present about the past, while still thinking about the future that is hoped for. Otherwise the goal would become to tell fairy tales with a happy ending. We have enough myths and made-up stories.

*David Bidussa is a historian of social ideas.