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Trauma and the Memory of Politics
Jenny Edkins
出版Cambridge University Press, 2003-07-31
主題Architecture / Buildings / Landmarks & MonumentsHistory / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / WorldHistory / Social HistoryPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / Genocide & War CrimesPsychology / Cognitive Psychology & CognitionPsychology / Social PsychologySocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN05215342089780521534208
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=onlQ989DdKQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In this interesting study, Jenny Edkins explores how we remember traumatic events such as wars, famines, genocides and terrorism, and questions the assumed role of commemorations as simply reinforcing state and nationhood. Taking examples from the World Wars, Vietnam, the Holocaust, Kosovo and September 11th, Edkins offers a thorough discussion of practices of memory such as memorials, museums, remembrance ceremonies, the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress and the act of bearing witness. She examines the implications of these commemorations in terms of language, political power, sovereignty and nationalism. She argues that some forms of remembering do not ignore the horror of what happened but rather use memory to promote change and to challenge the political systems that produced the violence of wars and genocides in the first place. This wide-ranging study embraces literature, history, politics and international relations, and makes a significant contribution to the study of memory.