The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2014
234 pages
978-1-58046-803-9 (ISBN)
Description
Offers an examination of ancient, modern, and contemporary political theories and practices in order to develop a more expansive way of conceptualizing memory, how political power influences the presence of the past, and memory'songoing impact on democratic horizons.
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P. J. Brendese
The Power of Memory in Democratic Politics
From Ancient Greece to Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Content
Introduction: Coming to Terms with Memory
The Tragedy of Memory: Antigone, Memory, and the Politics of Possibility
Remembering to Forget: Democratizing Memory, Nietzschean Forgetting, and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Introducing Segregated Memory and Segregated Democracy in America
Remembering What Others Cannot Be Expected to Forget: James Baldwin and Segregated Memory
Making Silence Speak: Toni Morrison and the Beloved Community of Memory
In Memory of Democratic Time: Specters of Mexico's Past and Democracy's Future
The Future of the Past: Unholy Ghosts and Redemptive Possibilities
Imprisoned by the Past: The Complexion of Mass Incarceration
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
The Tragedy of Memory: Antigone, Memory, and the Politics of Possibility
Remembering to Forget: Democratizing Memory, Nietzschean Forgetting, and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Introducing Segregated Memory and Segregated Democracy in America
Remembering What Others Cannot Be Expected to Forget: James Baldwin and Segregated Memory
Making Silence Speak: Toni Morrison and the Beloved Community of Memory
In Memory of Democratic Time: Specters of Mexico's Past and Democracy's Future
The Future of the Past: Unholy Ghosts and Redemptive Possibilities
Imprisoned by the Past: The Complexion of Mass Incarceration
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
