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Polish multidirectional memory? (Who does not remember with us, remembers not against us)

Author(s): Katarzyna Bojarska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Politics of History/Memory, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: collective memory; collective identity; relational memory; multidirectional memory; ethics of responsibility

Summary/Abstract: Bojarska tackles the current crisis of compassion and empathy that arises from the crisis of certain forms of collective memory. She argues that the concept of collective memory should be abandoned and that we should embrace relational or multidirectional memory. Crucial in this model is the conviction that memory is never one nor univocal, but rather an amalgam of earlier acts and representations. Bojarska calls for ethics of responsibility when it comes to establishing a collective identity that is closely linked to the past.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 312-325
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish