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Publication

2004 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

160,500 words, Guess

Page Count

642 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCB2430.R553 M4613 2004

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.

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