Memory, history, forgetting
By: Paul Ricoeur ; translated by Kathleen Blamey and David Pellauer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 642
Subjects: Memory (Philosophy); History -- Philosophy
Work titles: Mémoire, l'histoire, l'oubli.
Description: "Why do major historical events such as the Holocaust occupy the forefront of the collective consciousness, while profound moments such as the Armenian genocide, the McCarthy era, and France's role in North Africa stand distantly behind? Is it possible that history "overly remembers" some events at the expense of others? A landmark work in philosophy, Paul Ricoeur's Memory, History, Forgetting examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [607]-626) and index
Table of contents: title: On Memory and Recollection; title: Memory and Imagination; title: The Exercise of Memory: Uses and Abuses; title: Personal Memory, Collective Memory; title: History, Epistemology; title: History: Remedy or Poison?; title: The Documentary Phase: Archived Memory; title: Explanation/Understanding; title: The Historian's Representation; title: The Historical Condition; title: The Burden of History and the Nonhistorical; title: The Critical Philosophy of History; title: History and Time; title: Forgetting; title: Difficult Forgiveness; title: The Forgiveness Equation; title: The Odyssey of the Spirit of Forgiveness: The Passage through Institutions; title: The Odyssey of the Spirit of Forgiveness: The Stage of Exchange; title: The Return to the Self; title: Looking Back over an Itinerary: Recapitulation