The poverty of resilience
On memory, meaning, and well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905444 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey K Olick (University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 315-324 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-30 |
| 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 | 10.1177/1750698016645265 |
| OpenAlex | W2471578040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 28 |
Along with risk and trauma, resilience and well-being are key terms for understanding and responding to disaster and suffering in the contemporary world. This article not only explores how memory can be brought into the discourse of post-disaster resilience but also critiques the very language of resilience and well-being as part of an ideological cluster with problematic implications. Resilience is a peculiarly modern form of theodicy, an explanation of misery and suffering that seeks to make sense of these fundamental, but ultimately inexplicable, human experiences. To demonstrate the limits of therapeutic discourse, the article explores Jean Amèry’s account of resentment as well as Emmanuel Levinas’ concept of “useless suffering.” Placing these concepts in the longer discourse about theodicy, the article argues for a wary contextualization of the discourse on resilience, which risks exacerbating exactly that which it seeks to aid
Contextualization · Epistemology · Ideology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Poverty · Resentment · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · Theodicy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Resilience and Mental Health
Social learning for building community resilience to cyclones
The Ecology of Body Memory in Heisnam Kanhailal’s Theatre
“A tool for reconstruction”
Gifting of Hagia Sophia
You come back fighting. That’s what gives you the drive to achieve’
Latent Profiles and Grouping Effects of Resilience on Mental Health among Poor Children and Adolescents
Memory ecologies
It was just you and your child’
When we put our thoughts and ideas together, policy makers are listening to us
The Unnamed
Suffering
General system theory
At the mind's limits
American Sociology
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery
Trauma
Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
Sour Grapes
Social Resilience in the Neo-Liberal Era
An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
The Drowned and the Saved
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity
Vulnerability and Human Rights
Risk society
Writing history, writing trauma
Risk and Blame
The triumph of the therapeutic
The Problem of Thematic Unity in the Works of Max Weber
The problem of suffering as a driving force of rationalization and social change
From Max Weber
From the Margins to the Mainstream? Disaster Research at the Crossroads
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |