Remembering Places: A Phenomenological Study of the Relationship between Memory and Place (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739187166)

This book is a phenomenological investigation of the interrelations of tradition, memory, place and the body. Drawing upon philosophers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Gadamer, and Ricoeur, Janet Donohoe uses the idea of a palimpsest to argue that layers of the past are carried along as traditions, through places and bodies, such that we can speak of memory as being written upon place and place as being written upon memory. In dialogue with theorists such as Jeff Malpas and Ed Casey, Donohoe focuses on analysis of monuments and memorials to investigate how such deliberate places of collective memory can be ideological, or can open us to the past and different traditions. The insights in this book will be of particular value to place theorists and phenomenologists in disciplines such as philosophy, geography, memory studies, public history, and environmental studies.


Author: Janet Donohoe
ISBN-10: 0739187163
ISBN-13: 9780739187166
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2014
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.33w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 814