The ethics of remembering and the consequences of forgetting : essays on trauma, history, and memory / edited by Michael O'Loughlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Loughlin, Michael, editor.

Series:

New imago

New imago : series in theoretical, clinical, and applied psychoanalysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma.

Collective memory.

Recollection (Psychology).

History--Psychological aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 385 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting: Essays on Trauma, History, and Memory brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines that draw on multiple perspectives to address issues that arise at the intersection of trauma, history, and memory. Contributors include critical theorists, critical historians, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and a working artist. The contributors use intergenerational trauma theory while also pushing and pulling at the edges of conventional understandings of how trauma is defined. This book respects the importance of the recuperation of memory and the creation of interstitial spaces where trauma might be voiced. The writers are consistent in showing a deep respect for the sociohistorical context of subjective formation and the political importance of recuperating dangerous memory-the kind of memory that some authorities go to great lengths to erase. The Ethics of Remembering and the Consequences of Forgetting is of interest to critical historians, critical social theorists, psychotherapists, psychosocial theorists, and to those exploring the possibilities of life as the practice of freedom. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Ethics of Memory 35

1 Is Autonomy Unethical? Trauma and the Politics of Responsibility / Mari Ruti Ruti, Mari 37

2 Troubling Naturalized Trauma, Essentialized Therapy, and the Asphyxiation of Dangerous Memory / Michael O'Loughlin O'Loughlin, Michael 55

Part II Biographical Remnants 73

3 Wit(h)nessing the Other's Trauma: An Exploration of Barbara Loftus's Painting through the Work of Bracha Ettinger / Angie Voela Voela, Angie 75

4 In Search of Forgotten Memories after Thirty-Three Years: A Tourney Home / Mink Truong-George Truong-George, Mink 91

5 The Sense of Loss and the Search for Meaning / Norma Tracey Tracey, Norma, Graham Toomey Toomey, Graham 107

6 Anglo-German Displacement and Diaspora in the Early Twentieth Century: An Intergenerational Haunting / Nigel Williams Williams, Nigel 125

7 Ghosts in the Mirror: A Granddaughter of Holocaust Survivors Reflects the Faces of History / Nirit Gradwohl Pisano Pisano, Nirit Gradwohl 143

8 Questions Unasked: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma in the Life Narratives of a Lithuanian Woman Survivor of the 1941 Soviet Deportations / Justina Kaminskaite Dillon Dillon, Justina Kaminskaite, Michael O'Loughlin O'Loughlin, Michael 161

9 They Left It All Behind: Psychological Experiences of Jewish Immigration and the Ambiguity of Loss / Hannah Hahn Hahn, Hannah 179

Part III Historical Remnants 201

10 The Silence of the Grandchildren of the Civil War: Transgenerational Trauma in Spain / Clara Valverde Valverde, Clara, Luis Martín-Cabrera Martín-Cabrera, Luis 203

11 A South African Story of Disavowal: Toward a Genealogy of Post-apartheid Empathy / Ross Truscott Truscott, Ross 229

12 Specters of Genocide: Mass Graves, Horror Film, and Impunity in Post-Dictatorship Spain / Scott Boehm Boehm, Scott 249

13 "Each of Us Beat's His Own Hell": A Window into Venues of Trauma in Central Eastern Europe / Reinhold Stipsits Stipsits, Reinhold 273

14 Battling with History: Collective Memory in the War Narratives of Israeli Soldiers / Naama de la Fontaine Fontaine, Naama de la, Kate Szymanski Szymanski, Kate 289

15 Trauma, Community, and Contemporary Racial Violence: Reflections on the Architecture of Memory / Ricardo C. Ainslie Ainslie, Ricardo C. 309

16 Managing Collapse: Commemorating September 11 through the Relational Design of a Memorial Museum / Billie Pivnick Pivnick, Billie, Tom Hennes Hennes, Tom 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442231870

1442231874

OCLC:

902830107