Memory and utopia : the primacy of inter-subjectivity

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Title:

Author:

Passerini, Luisa.

ISBN:

9781845530259

9781845530266

Personal Author:

Passerini, Luisa.

Publication Information:

London : Equinox, 2005.

Physical Description:

vii, 137 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Critical histories of subjectivity and culture

Series Title:

Critical histories of subjectivity and culture

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Introduction : the primacy of inter-subjectivity -- Memories between silence and oblivion -- Becoming a subject in the time of the death of the subject -- Utopia and desire -- From the ironies of identity to the identities of irony -- The last identification : why some of us would like to call ourselves Europeans and what we mean by this.

Abstract:

"Memory and Utopia looks at the connection between memory and forgetfulness in Europe during the twentieth century, women's experience of becoming recognized as full subjects in the time of the crisis and "death" of the so-called universal subject, and the conjugation between utopia and desire in the 1968 movements of students, women and workers. Passerini makes use of oral history, feminist theory and practice and the history of the new social movements in interpreting the past."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Intersubjectivity.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006010151.html

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'Memory and Utopia' looks at the connection between memory and forgetfulness in Europe during the twentieth century. Drawing on oral history and feminist theory and practice, the book highlights how women struggled to be recognized as full subjects. The themes of utopia and desire in the 1968 movements of students, women and workers are explored. 'Memory and Utopia' examines the sense of belonging to Europe that has emerged in the last twenty years. The book analyses European identity as expressed through identities based on gender, age and culture to explore an inclusive and non-hierarchical subjectivity.