social phenomenon of silence
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The social phenomenon of silence
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0413
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08704j
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Farnham, Surrey, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Ashgate
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2013
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp187-197
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9781409451082
NotesArticle from 'The Holocaust as active memory: the past and present' pp 187-197
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This chapter is about the social phenomenon of silence. By keeping silent about segments of one's life or experience one is trying to let the past be left as much in the past as possible without really succeeding. Traditionally psychoanalytic theory has dealt with silence in connection with trauma. This chapter offers an alternative understanding: to see silence as a social phenomena embedded in the story in certain situations regardless of the person.