{"product_id":"it-happened-tomorrow-itll-happen-again-yesterday-a-brief-history-of-willful-amnesia-when-memory-of-the-future-fails-us-paperback","title":"It Happened Tomorrow: It'll Happen Again Yesterday, A Brief History of Willful Amnesia - When Memory of the Future Fails Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. E. Gutman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything we know we learn by osmosis. Our reasoning is rarely original. We regurgitate what we are force-fed from the cradle--other people's beliefs, biases, and phobias. In his latest dystopia, W. E. Gutman jousts with evil, absurdity, and paradox. He grieves at the futility of \u003cem\u003e\"communism\"\u003c\/em\u003e while shining an unforgiving light on the vampirism of capitalism, the resurgence of fascism, religious fanaticism, and pride of ignorance which, he asserts, is the suit of armor of those who scorn knowledge, culture, civility, and the truth. Wading through, as they unfold, some of the most sordid chronicles of cruelty, hypocrisy, corruption, apathy, suffering, despair, lunacy, and death, and extrapolating from the lessons they impart, \u003cem\u003eIt Happened Tomorrow: It Will Happen Again Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e warns against the demise of farsighted \"memory\"--the faculty, the sagacity to see the future as the unavoidable replication of a failed past. Past is prologue. We reap what we sow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise received: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In confronting W.E. Gutman's rage over the state of the world, it is easy to overlook how well he writes, with his grim descriptions of global conflicts and crises bookmarked by philosophical reflections on how to rescue our abused human values from this moral quagmire. \u003cem\u003eIt Happened Tomorrow: It Will Happen Again Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e may offer little room for optimism, yet Gutman clearly had to write it; after a long life of fighting the good fight, he refuses to surrender, and he challenges us not to give up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eALAN RIDING\u003c\/strong\u003e, former correspondent for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eAnd the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Paris, W. E. Gutman is a veteran journalist, editor, columnist, and published author. A former press attach?, he reported from Central America from 1994 to 2006.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52713443688781,"sku":"9781771436113","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/X1_DxKX60v9781771436113.webp?v=1762388433","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/it-happened-tomorrow-itll-happen-again-yesterday-a-brief-history-of-willful-amnesia-when-memory-of-the-future-fails-us-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}