The Ghost in the Constitution offers a reflection on the political use of the concept of historical memory foregrounding the case of
Spain. The book analyses the philosophical implications of the transference of the notion of memory from the individual consciousness to the collective subject and considers the conflation of epistemology with ethics. A subtheme is the origins and transmission of political violence, and its endurance in the form of symbolic violence and "negationism" in the post-Franco era. Some chapters treat of specific "traumatic" phenomena such as the bombing of Guernica and the Holocaust.
| ISBN: | 9781800855748 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2021 |
| Author: | Joan Ramon Resina |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 344 pages |
| Series: | Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures |
| Genres: |
Ethnic studies Ethnic groups and multicultural studies |