A landmark work, Memory, History, Forgetting examines the reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, revealing how this symbiosis influences both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. A momentous achievement in Ricoeur's career, this book provides the crucial link between his Time and Narrative and Oneself as Another , and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation.
Paul Ricoeur (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 Oneself as Another, the three-volume Time and Narrative, and The Just, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Kathleen Blamey teaches philosophy at California State University, East Bay and has taught at the American University in Paris. David Pellauer is professor of philosophy at DePaul University.
Title: Memory, History, Forgetting
Author: Ricoeur, Paul
ISBN: 9780226713427
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Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2006-10-13
Number of Pages: 624
Weight: 1.0844 kg
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. - Library Journal Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy - critical, economical, and clear. - New York Times Book Review