Our faithfulness to the past: essays on the ethics and politics of memory

"This volume brings together essays - three of them previously unpublished - on the epistemology, ethics, and politics of memory by the late feminist philosopher Sue Campbell. The essays in Part I diagnose contemporary skepticism about personal memory, and develop an account of good remembering...

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Beteilige Person: Campbell, Sue 1956-2011 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Studies in feminist philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume brings together essays - three of them previously unpublished - on the epistemology, ethics, and politics of memory by the late feminist philosopher Sue Campbell. The essays in Part I diagnose contemporary skepticism about personal memory, and develop an account of good remembering that is better suited to contemporary (reconstructive) theories of memory. The essays in Part II focus on the activities and practices through which we explore and negotiate the shared significance of our different recollections of the past, and the importance of sharing memory for constituting our identities. In Part III, Campbell uses her relational theory of memory to address the challenges of sharing memory and renewing selves in contexts that are fractured by moral and political difference, especially those arising from a history of injustice and oppression"..
Umfang:XIX, 222 S.
ISBN:9780199376940
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