{"product_id":"memory-history-forgetting-paperback","title":"Memory, History, Forgetting - 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\u003ePaul Ricoeur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKathleen Blamey\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Pellauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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 \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, like its title, is divided into three major sections. Ricoeur first takes a phenomenological approach to memory and mnemonical devices. The underlying question here is how a memory of present can be of something absent, the past. The second section addresses recent work by historians by reopening the question of the nature and truth of historical knowledge. Ricoeur explores whether historians, who can write a history of memory, can truly break with all dependence on memory, including memories that resist representation. The third and final section is a profound meditation on the necessity of forgetting as a condition for the possibility of remembering, and whether there can be something like happy forgetting in parallel to happy memory. Throughout the book there are careful and close readings of the texts of Aristotle and Plato, of Descartes and Kant, and of Halbwachs and Pierre Nora. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA momentous achievement in the career of one of the most significant philosophers of our age, \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e provides the crucial link between Ricoeur's \u003ci\u003eTime and Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOneself as Another\u003c\/i\u003e and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His success in revealing the internal relations between recalling and forgetting, and how this dynamic becomes problematic in light of events once present but now past, will inspire academic dialogue and response but also holds great appeal to educated general readers in search of both method for and insight from considering the ethical ramifications of modern events. . . . It is indeed a master work, not only in Ricoeur's own vita but also in contemporary European philosophy.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy--critical, economical, and clear.\"-- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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 \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, like its title, is divided into three major sections. Ricoeur first takes a phenomenological approach to memory and mnemonical devices. The underlying question here is how a memory of present can be of something absent, the past. The second section addresses recent work by historians by reopening the question of the nature and truth of historical knowledge. Ricoeur explores whether historians, who can write a history of memory, can truly break with all dependence on memory, including memories that resist representation. The third and final section is a profound meditation on the necessity of forgetting as a condition for the possibility of remembering, and whether there can be something like happy forgetting in parallel to happy memory. Throughout the book there are careful and close readings of the texts of Aristotle and Plato, of Descartes and Kant, and of Halbwachs and Pierre Nora. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA momentous achievement in the career of one of the most significant philosophers of our age, \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e provides the crucial link between Ricoeur's \u003ci\u003eTime and Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOneself as Another\u003c\/i\u003e and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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 \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, like its title, is divided into three major sections. Ricoeur first takes a phenomenological approach to memory and mnemonical devices. The underlying question here is how a memory of present can be of something absent, the past. The second section addresses recent work by historians by reopening the question of the nature and truth of historical knowledge. Ricoeur explores whether historians, who can write a history of memory, can truly break with all dependence on memory, including memories that resist representation. The third and final section is a profound meditation on the necessity of forgetting as a condition for the possibility of remembering, and whether there can be something like happy forgetting in parallel to happy memory. Throughout the book there are careful and close readings of the texts of Aristotle and Plato, of Descartes and Kant, and of Halbwachs and Pierre Nora. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA momentous achievement in the career of one of the most significant philosophers of our age, \u003ci\u003eMemory, History, Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e provides the crucial link between Ricoeur's \u003ci\u003eTime and Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOneself as Another\u003c\/i\u003e and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Ricoeur\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-2005) was the John Nuveen Professor in the Divinity School, the Department of Philosophy, and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His books include \u003ci\u003eOneself as Another\u003c\/i\u003e, the three-volume \u003ci\u003eTime and Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Just\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eKathleen Blamey\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at California State University, East Bay and has taught at the American University in Paris. \u003cb\u003eDavid Pellauer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at DePaul University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.72 x 9.06 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47710011097336,"sku":"9780226713427","price":60.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/WWFHYlBFVDU1YTZTc001bHBKMkwzUT09.webp?v=1766670943","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/memory-history-forgetting-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}