Remembering Places - A Phenomenological Study of the Relationship Between Memory and Place

Informationen zum Autor Janet Donohoe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of West Georgia. She is the author of Remembering Places (2014). Klappentext This study provides insight into the human desire to return to important places of our past and to establish places of memory. Drawing upon philosophers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, and Ricoeur, Janet Donohoe uses the idea of a palimpsest as a jumping-off point to explore how we make and preserve memories. Zusammenfassung This study provides insight into the human desire to return to important places of our past and to establish places of memory. Drawing upon philosophers such as Husserl! Heidegger! Merleau-Ponty! Gadamer! and Ricoeur! Janet Donohoe uses the idea of a palimpsest as a jumping-off point to explore how we make and preserve memories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: A Phenomenology of Memory and Place Chapter Two: From Individual to Collective Memory Chapter Three: Collective Memory, Place, and Mourning Chapter Four: A Hermeneutics of Monuments Chapter Five: Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Janet Donohoe, Donohoe Janet
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2014
• EAN: 9780739187166
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8716-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism