Bibliograph

The ghost in the constitution, historical memory and denial in Spanish society, Joan Ramon Resina

Type

Label

The ghost in the constitution, historical memory and denial in Spanish society, Joan Ramon Resina

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ghost in the constitution

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1004974261

Responsibility statement

Joan Ramon Resina

Series statement

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures, [15]Liverpool University Press - Opening the Future

Sub title

historical memory and denial in Spanish society

Summary

The Ghost in the Constitution offers a reflection on the political use of the concept of historical memory foregrounding the case of Spain. The book analyses the philosophical implications of the transference of the notion of memory from the individual consciousness to the collective subject and considers the conflation of epistemology with ethics. A subtheme is the origins and transmission of political violence, and its endurance in the form of symbolic violence and “negationism” in the post-Franco era. Some chapters treat of specific “traumatic” phenomena such as the bombing of Guernica and the Holocaust.--, Provided by publisher

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