History, memory, forgetfulness
Memory is one of the most important concepts in history today. This course deals with how the growing interest in memory issues in the 20th century is, paradoxically, linked to notions of increasing forgetfulness and lack of history. Language of instruction is Swedish.
We discuss the relationship between memory and history based on theorists such as Maurice Halbwachs, Pierre Nora, Paul Ricoeur, and Aleida Assmann, and drawing on concepts such as cultural memory, sites of memory, trauma, and testimony, as well as Friedrich Nietzsche's critical question of how much memory a society needs.
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