Aspects of memory acts: transnational cultural memory and ethics

In the paper I use arguments from Ludwig Wittgenstein, John L. Austin and Judith Butler to show how the concepts of collective memory and of performativity can help to formulate some ideas about what an ethics of memory can deal with. The positions of speakers or agents and the question of responsib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steffi Hobuß
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011-05-01
Series:Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
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Online Access:http://www.aestheticsandculture.net/index.php/jac/article/view/7188/8536