An Ethics of Remembering (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

What are the ethical responsibilities of the historian in an age of mass murder and hyper-reality? Can one be postmodern and still write history? For whom should history be written? The author explores these questions through the figure of the "heterological historian". Realizing the philosophical impossibilities of ever recovering "what really happened", this historian nevertheless acknowledges a moral imperative to speak for those who have been rendered voiceless. The book also weighs the impact of modern archival methods, such as photographs, film and the Internet, which bring with them new constraints on the writing of history and which mandate a different vision of community. Drawing on the works of continental philosophers, historiographers, cognitive scientists and filmmakers, the book creates a framework for the understanding of history and the ethical duties of the historian.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	Edith Wyschogrod
Dimensions:	227 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	302
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-92045-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-226-92045-3
Barcode:	9780226920450

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