 | On the Difficulty of Living Together: Memory, Politics, and History Subjects: Memory (Philosophy); Memory -- Social aspects; Memory -- Political aspects; Political science -- Philosophy; History -- Philosophy; Manuel Cruz offers a nuanced study of memory and forgetting, defining their forms and uses, political meanings, and social and historical implications. Memory is not an intrinsically positive phenomenon, he argues, but an impressionable and malleable one, used to advance a variety of agendas. Manuel Cruz is professor of contemporary philosophy at the University of Barcelona and author of more than twenty titles, including Taking Charge: On Responsibility and Personal Identity (2011). |
