Language and Experience in the Post-Genocide Society
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https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v8i1.174Keywords:
language, experience, pre-linguistic experience, history, memory, genocide, past, presence, othernessAbstract
This paper discusses theoretical and methodological issues concerning the relationship between language-history and experience-memory in post-genocide societies. Here an attempt is made to show how it is possible to remember the past and with the same time to avoid the overwhelming influence of foregoing trauma.
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Baudrillard, J. (1981). Simulacra et simulation. Galilée.
Freeman, M. (1991). Speaking about the Unspeakable: Genocide and Philosophy. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 8(1), 3-17.
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Nora, P. (1989, Spring). Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire. Representations, 26(Special Issue: Memory and Counter Memory), 7-24.
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2017-06-29
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MOSINYAN, D. (2017). Language and Experience in the Post-Genocide Society. WISDOM, 8(1), 60–63. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v8i1.174
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