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The science of collective memory and a desire for clear origin stories may explain the endurance of the Thanksgiving myth despite a messier reality. ....
The core of nationhood is a collective project of selective forgetting and remembering. A group of people looks at the past and cherry-picks certain events, traumas, heroes, martyrs, grievances and victories. Some of the narratives of nation-building are healthy and others dangerous ....
In the rapidly changing conflict in Ukraine, Russian national narratives offer insight into President Vladimir Putin’s next move, says James Wertsch, an expert on Russia and international affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. ....
The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival will spotlight acclaimed authors including former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Phil Rosenthal, Charles Bosworth Jr. and Julia Haart. ....