Remembering Places : A Phenomenological Study of the Relationship Between Memory and Place.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
- Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space Series .
- Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A Phenomenology of Memory and Place -- From Individual to Collective Memory -- Collective Memory, Place, and Mourning -- A Hermeneutics of Monuments -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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.