In search of lost memory
Preservation and ruination in the works of Jorge Semprún
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Herman (0000-0002-2288-0323, Swansea University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 722-736 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698018761169 |
| OpenAlex | W2780888059 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This article explores Jorge Semprún’s wish, first expressed in 1963, to see Buchenwald consumed by nature. It contextualises this desire first in relation to Semprún’s wider corpus and the distinction that he draws between being on either the ‘inside’ or the ‘outside’ of the traumatic experience, and second in relation to Charlotte Delbo’s articulation of the difference between ‘looking’ and ‘seeing’. Through this exploration, this article demonstrates the evolution of Semprún’s thought and argues that both his original desire and the eventual contrary stance that he adopts, are equally symptomatic of his humanist beliefs, his commitment to the preservation and transference of memory and his desire for an ethical and empathetic approach to the site of trauma, the politics of remembrance and the ruins of memory
Aesthetics · Art · Articulation (sociology · Humanism · Literature · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Relation (database · Sociology · Theology · Wish · History · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology
German National Identity After the Holocaust
Cultural Memory and Early Civilization
French Fiction in the Mitterrand Years
Emotion in Motion
Trauma and the Memory of Politics
Unclaimed Experience
The Claims of Memory
Encountering Auschwitz
Exploring the Canon
The sacred, the profane, and the space in between
Romantic Auschwitz”
Consumers or witnesses? Holocaust tourists and the problem of authenticity
Seven types of forgetting
Sightseeing in the mansions of the dead
Symbols that Face Two Ways
A Soccer Match in Auschwitz
RePlacing Memory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |