The Ethics of MemoryHarvard University Press, 2009 M07 1 - 240 páginas Much of the intense current interest in collective memory concerns the politics of memory. In a book that asks, "Is there an ethics of memory?" Avishai Margalit addresses a separate, perhaps more pressing, set of concerns. |
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... shared the agony and joy of thinking and writing this book. To both its form and sub- stance she made a valuable contribution, for which I am grateful. contents Introduction 1. Intensive Care 2. Past Continuous 18 48 x preface.
... shared past or moored in shared memory. Thin relations, on the other hand, are backed by the attribute of being human. Thin relations rely also on some aspects of being human, such as being a woman or being sick. Thick rela- tions are ...
... memory as well. These cases consist of gross crimes against humanity, especially when those crimes are an at- tack on the very notion of shared humanity. Nazi crimes carried out by an ideology that denied our shared human- ity are ...
... shared memory. Moreover, it is not true that the only emotions which fit the democratic spirit are those di- rected toward the future, like hope. Democracy can and should include backward-looking emotions and attitudes as well, such as ...
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1 Intensive Care | 18 |
2 Past Continuous | 48 |
3 The Kernel | 84 |
4 Emotions Recollected | 107 |
5 A Moral Witness | 147 |
6 Forgiving and Forgetting | 183 |
Notes | 211 |
Index | 221 |