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A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq QUOTES

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq QUOTES

1 " The book gives substance to human memory. The book, despite being portable, objectifies memory: it is a rational unity that uses audiovisual, printed, or electronic means to represent mnemonic and linguistic will. "

― Fernando Báez , A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq

2 " There is no identity without memory.
if we do not remember what we are, we don't know what we are. Over the centuries, we've seen that when a group or nation attempts to subjugate another group or nation, the first thing they do is erase the traces of its memory in order to reconfigure its identity. "

― Fernando Báez , A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-Day Iraq