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The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society
Joan Ramon Resina
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Description for The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society
Hardback. A book that offers new directions in the study of memory in Spain, written by one of the world's leading scholars of contemporary Spanish culture. Series: Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786940223
SKU
V9781786940223
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About Joan Ramon Resina
Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University. His previous books include Barcelona’s Vocation of Modernity: Rise and Decline of an Urban Image. Stanford University Press, 2008.
Reviews for The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society
Reviews 'Intellectually engaging, thoughtful, coherent, and logically developed. Resina writes with an elegance of style uncommon among scholars ...the most apt synthesis and expansion of ideas on memory and latency that I have read in recent years.' David Herzberger, University of California Riverside ‘There is ample thought-provoking material and some stimulating insight in The Ghost in the Constitution, resulting ... Read more