Sue Campbell

Relational Remembering

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ISBN 13:
9780742532816
author:
Sue Campbell
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
language:
English
Publication Year:
2003
Pages:
238
Dimensions:
152 mm X 227 mm
Genre:
Developmental Psychology Textbook
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 5 working days
£52.31

Description

Relational Remembering Rethinking the Memory Wars by Sue Campbell offers a thought-provoking challenge to contemporary skepticism about memory. By examining the impact of the "memory wars" on science and culture, Campbell provides a philosophical analysis of the strategies used to challenge women's memories. The author argues that our understanding of memory is distorted when we view rememberers in isolation, neglecting the social dimensions of remembering. Instead, Campbell proposes a feminist reconceptualization of personal memory as relational, social, and subject to politics. This approach recognizes how one's social location affects their success as a rememberer and has profound implications for cultural status as a moral agent. By analyzing memory as a complex interplay of cognitive abilities and social/narrative activities, Campbell sheds light on the nature of harms linked to oppression and the importance of considering the social context of remembering.

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