Communities of memory : on witness, identity, and justice /
Booth, William James.
Communities of memory : on witness, identity, and justice / W. James Booth. - 1 online resource (xv, 247 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-231) and index.
Identity and Memory -- Memory, Accountability, and Political Community -- Bearing Witness -- Witnessing and Justice -- Democratic Memory.
"W. James Booth seeks to understand the place of memory in the identity, ethics, and practices of justice of political communities. Identity is, he believes, a particular kind of continuity across time, one central to the possibility of agency and responsibility, and memory plays a central role in grounding that continuity." "Booth argues that memory holds a defining place in determining how justice is administered. Memory is tied to the very possibility of an ethical community, one responsible for its own past, able to make commitments for the future, and driven to seek justice."--Jacket
9781501726866 (electronic bk.) 1501726862 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv2dw9b3 JSTOR
Memory (Philosophy)
Memory--Political aspects.
Identity politics.
Justice (Philosophy)
Mémoire (Philosophie)
Mémoire--Aspect politique.
Politique identitaire.
Justice (Philosophie)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--History & Theory.
Identity politics.
Justice (Philosophy)
Memory (Philosophy)
Memory--Political aspects.
Herinnering.
Identiteit.
Rechtvaardigheid.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BD181.7 / .B66 2006eb
128/.3
Communities of memory : on witness, identity, and justice / W. James Booth. - 1 online resource (xv, 247 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-231) and index.
Identity and Memory -- Memory, Accountability, and Political Community -- Bearing Witness -- Witnessing and Justice -- Democratic Memory.
"W. James Booth seeks to understand the place of memory in the identity, ethics, and practices of justice of political communities. Identity is, he believes, a particular kind of continuity across time, one central to the possibility of agency and responsibility, and memory plays a central role in grounding that continuity." "Booth argues that memory holds a defining place in determining how justice is administered. Memory is tied to the very possibility of an ethical community, one responsible for its own past, able to make commitments for the future, and driven to seek justice."--Jacket
9781501726866 (electronic bk.) 1501726862 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv2dw9b3 JSTOR
Memory (Philosophy)
Memory--Political aspects.
Identity politics.
Justice (Philosophy)
Mémoire (Philosophie)
Mémoire--Aspect politique.
Politique identitaire.
Justice (Philosophie)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--History & Theory.
Identity politics.
Justice (Philosophy)
Memory (Philosophy)
Memory--Political aspects.
Herinnering.
Identiteit.
Rechtvaardigheid.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BD181.7 / .B66 2006eb
128/.3