Rewriting the Classics Is "Pricing the Oppressed From the History of Their Oppression," Recalls Laure Murat.

Do we have to rewrite the classics in order to adhere to the standards of our time? No, says historian Laure Murat in a welcome essay, "All the epochs are disgusting" (Verdier). And the reasons that she is advancing are not those that one might believe...

The essayist and historian Laure Murat has just published a new book. All the epochs are derogatory, and he continues his reflection on intersectional feminism and memory, which was begun in his previous books.