Z Gazy do Warszawy. Wyznaczanie pola pamięci wielokierunkowej
From Gaza to Warsaw: Mapping Multidirectional Memory
Author(s): Michael RothbergContributor(s): Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik (Translator)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: multidirectional memory; Holocaust, Gaza; analogy; ethics of comparison; solidarity; memory politics; competition of victims
Summary/Abstract: The article develops the concept of multidirectional memory as an alternative to the“competitive” logic of Holocaust memory. Analyzing the controversies surroundingthe “Gaza is Warsaw” analogy, the author maps forms of comparison between theHolocaust and other histories of violence, situating them along the axes: equation––differentiation and solidarity–competition. The author criticizes simplified equationsthat lead to moral and political abuses, proposing an ethics of comparison basedon differentiated solidarity and reflective justice. The article demonstrates that publicmemory is structurally relational, but its political consequences depend on how weconstruct analogies.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 203-232
- Page Count: 30
- Language: Polish
- Content File-PDF
