The identity founded on the dialectic between memory and remembrance

Authors

  • Paola B. Helzel Università degli Studi della Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/4048

Keywords:

memory, identity, remember, testimony, past

Abstract

Today's society lives in constant worry of losing something, so it seems mandatory looking into the past to find elements of identity and prospects for the future. All of this has resulted in the categorical imperative of keeping and preserve all signs of memory. Memory, indeed, has become the central theme, as in a cultural sphere as in the political debate. Memory, since it is able to preserve and reminding as a vector of senses, is a key condition of humanity. A memory, product of experiences and testimony to the sense of the things done and transmitted, it’s able of becoming a reminder. An act of conscience by which we reconstruct a certain portion of our past. Without memory and reminding there cannot be identity.

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Published

2016-11-28

How to Cite

Helzel, P. B. (2016). The identity founded on the dialectic between memory and remembrance. Bollettino Filosofico, 31, 176–194. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/4048

Issue

Vol. 31 (2016): The piety of thought. Memory, testimony, forgetfulness

Section

Focus

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