A review by siouxsiek
Silencing the Past by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

3.0

I think this was probably more groundbreaking in 1995 when it was written. It reminded me at times of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari in its emphasis on making us see that most of the stories we tell ourselves (whether they be capitalism, religion, nation borders, etc.) are a fiction, but that these fictions are still important. And I like that idea--it's just in the 27 years since publication, other authors have developed it further, so it's no longer new. So the rating is for how this book hit me personally, not for the initial ideas.