Sep 03, 20 rothberg also interprets now standard texts in continental philosophy in new and fascinating ways, as, for example, when he draws on the views of the contemporary philosophers alain badiou and giorgio agamben to explain the ethical dimension of multidirectional memory. A group of understated cartoonists, familiar figures in. Jul 24, 2015 freud argues that the structure of memory itself is multidirectional, making connections and displacements and subsitutions. To analyse the dynamics between postwar and postcolonial memory in the netherlands, we take a multidirectional approach as proposed by michael rothberg. He was the founding director of the initiative in holocaust, genocide, and memory studies at university of illinois at urbanachampaign. Remembering the holocaust in the age of decolonization cultural memory in the present by michael rothberg isbn. On the one hand, it demonstrates how the holocaust has enabled the.
Michael rothberg is the author of multidirectional memory 4. Sep 26, 2014 the model of multidirectional memory posits collective memory as partially disengaged from exclusive versions of cultural identity and acknowledges how remembrance both cuts across and binds together diverse spatial, temporal, and cultural sites. He was the founding director of the initiative in holocaust, genocide, and memory studies at university of illinois at. Locating transnational memory volume 22 issue 4 michael rothberg. Remembering the holocaust in the age of decolonization. Pdf on jun 1, 2012, harold marcuse and others published michael rothberg. This is nitmes michael rothberg ucla on multidirectional memory, interview with ann rigney utrecht university by humanities uu on vimeo, the home. For more on the schwarzbart case, see rothberg, anachronistic aesthetics. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about. Debating multidirectional m bating multidirectional memory with. First, i argue against what i call competitive memory, an understanding that is based on the logic of the zerosum game and has dominated many popular and scholarly approaches to public remembrance.
In multidirectional memory 2009, i make three moves toward a new account of transcultural remembrance. Rothbergs powerful study of the relations between holocaust memory and decolonization illuminates the multidirectional orientation of collective memory through half a century of transnational cultural production in europe, north america, the caribbean and north africa with an emphasis on postwar france. Michael rothberg discusses his work on the implicated subject during an online seminar hosted by the university of leeds. Rothberg s powerful study of the relations between holocaust memory and decolonization illuminates the multidirectional orientation of collective memory through half a century of transnational cultural production in europe, north america, the caribbean and north africa with an emphasis on postwar france. Pierre noras concept of site of memory 1984, 1989 and michael rothberg s work on multidirectional memory 2009 will lead an investigation which focuses on two documentary films. In zijn boek multidirectional memory, remembering the holocaust in the age of. Marguerite durass les deux ghettos employs an aesthetic of juxtaposition. In his essay from gaza to warsaw, rothberg 2011 asks the salient question, what happens when di. On the warsaw ghetto boy, see richard raskin, a child at gunpoint. Rothberg applies badious ethic of truths and his notion of fidelity to. Remembering the holocaust in the age of decolonization cultural memory in the present series by michael rothberg. Read multidirectional memory remembering the holocaust in the age of decolonization by michael rothberg available from rakuten kobo. Michael rothberg, multidirectional memory, temoigner.
Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about holocaust memory in a global age by situating it. Remembering the holocaust in the age of decolonization stanford. Rothberg opens with this stark and unfortunately alltoocommon logic of scarcity in order to refute it. Michael rothbergs notion of multidirectional memory. August 24, 2016 multidirectional memory brings together holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. Rothberg applies badious ethic of truths and his notion of.
Jun 15, 2009 multidirectional memory brings together holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. Nov 04, 2019 contemplating what is remembered and what is forgotten not only in the context of collective and cultural memory but also through the realm of education, the authors of this article draw on michael rothbergs notion of multidirectional memory and marianne hirschs concept of postmemory to advocate for a multidirectional and. Michael rothberg discussing multidirectional memory and. Why is there a holocaust museum in dc, but no memorial anywhere to slavery. Pdf multidirectional memory and verwobene geschichten.
Charlie hebdo is called to mind, now, when artistic expression comes under attack from islamic fundamentalists. Rothbergs multidirectional memory refuses the ownership of different pasts by different groups, instead it tries to draw attention to the dynamic transfers that take place between diverse places and times during the act of remembrance 2009. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. Multidirectional memory brings together holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. On sebald and kentridge memory scholar michael rothberg revisits the concept of multidirectional memory developed in his eponymous book to introduce a new category of relatability to a historical event, that of the implicated subject, and analyses the links between both. Multidirectional memory, the holocaust and colonial violence in australia and beyond. While acknowledging the struggles and contestations that accompany public articulations of memory, the theory of multidirectional memory seeks an explanation of the dynamics of remembrance that does not simply. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about holocaust memory in a global age by situating it in the unexpected context of decolonization. Michael rothbergs multidirectional memory lissa skitolsky, susquehanna university in defending uniqueness, i am not simultaneously endorsing the injudicious claim that the holocaust is more evil than alternative occurrences of extensive and systematic persecution, organized violence, and mass death. Jun 03, 2012 rothberg s insightful definition and explications of multidirectional memory based on the noncompetitive, multivalent connections between holocaust and colonial memories offers an important analytical tool that will open up productive lines of inquiry and understanding in the field of memory studies. The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Following michael rothbergs conceptualization of multidirectional memory beyond competitive memory, this article presents an archive for comparative work through a. Contemplating what is remembered and what is forgotten not only in the context of collective and cultural memory but also through the realm of education, the authors of this article draw on michael rothbergs notion of multidirectional memory and marianne hirschs concept of postmemory to advocate for a multidirectional and.
Durass article approaches the massacre in roundabout fashion, through a. Initially i focused on the memory of slavery and racism and how that related to memory of the. Rothberg s multidirectional memory aims to steer the discussion of memory away from competitive models and find an alterna. While acknowledging the struggles and contestations that accompany public articulations of memory, the theory of multidirectional memory seeks an explanation of the dynamics of remembrance. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Rothenburg points out that screen memory can be thought of as multidirectional instead of competitive because it both hides and reveals that which has been suppressed 14. Multidirectional memory and the counterpublic witness michael rothberg michael rothberg is associate professor of english and comparative literature and director of the unit for criticism and interpretive theory at the university of illinois, urbana. Multidirectional memory comparative literature ucla. Michael rothberg multidirectional memory the last one. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Rothberg engages with both wellknown and noncanonical intellectuals, writers, and filmmakers, including hannah arendt, aime cesaire, charlotte delbo, w. Following michael rothbergs conceptualization of multidirectional memory beyond competitive memory, this article presents an archive for comparative work through a data set of novels on. Project muse building transdisciplinary relationships. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile.
Multidirectional memory and verwobene geschichte a. Decolonizing cultural memory in andrea levys small island. Sep 03, 2019 through a critical perspective that incorporates the imaginative recovery of often silenced history that toni morrison 1987 called rememory, along with what holocaust scholar michael rothberg 2009 calls multidirectional memory, this article details williamss daring exploration of spaces of overlap between the histories of. The concept of multidirectional memory came out of research that i began about the relationship between holocaust memory and the memory of other forms of extreme violence. This conversation between the german critical race theorist iman attia and the american memory studies scholar michael rothberg originally appeared in german in a special issue of the journal neue rundschau 190. First, i argue against a logic of competitive memory.
On the one hand, it demonstrates how the holocaust has enabled the articulation of other histories of. Rothbergs multidirectional memory aims to steer the discussion of memory away from competitive models and find an alterna. Rothberg also interprets now standard texts in continental philosophy in new and fascinating ways, as, for example, when he draws on the views of the contemporary philosophers alain badiou and giorgio agamben to explain the ethical dimension of multidirectional memory. On the one hand, it demonstrates how the holocaust has enabled the articulation of other. Michael rothberg is an american holocaust historian and memory studies scholar. Michael rothbergs concept of multidirectional memory implies the juxtaposition of two or more disturbing memories that work dialogically to bring together different histories of suffering, and is based on an ethics of comparison that can distinguish politically productive forms of memory from those that lead to competition, appropriation. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approa.
Multidirectional memory and the implicated subject. Rothbergs insightful definition and explications of multidirectional memory based on the noncompetitive, multivalent connections between holocaust and colonial memories offers an important analytical tool that will open up productive lines of inquiry and understanding in the field of memory studies. Why is there a monument to the holocaust in which there is no real mention of american racism, but nothing to mention what americans did to. The model of multidirectional memory posits collective memory as partially disengaged from exclusive versions of cultural identity and acknowledges how remembrance both cuts across and binds together diverse spatial, temporal, and cultural sites.
Nitmes michael rothberg ucla on multidirectional memory. This event formed part of the memory, trauma and violence postgraduate. Interview with michael rothberg1 by fransiska louwagie2 and pieter vermeulen 3 michael rothbergs first book, traumatic realism from 2000, approached issues of holocaust representation in a refreshingly broad range of domains. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. As he goes on to explain, his move to a notion of multidirectional memory is all about getting out of this deeply unproductive, competitive, zerosum game of what critical legal theorist martha minow has described as victim talk. Rothberg rejects the idea that collective memory obeys a logic of scar. The term multidirectional memory was coined as a way of conceptualizing what happens when different histories of extreme violence confront each other in the public sphere. These questions have also oriented my attempt to construct a theory of multidirectional memory that focuses on exemplary sites of tension involving remembrance of the nazi genocide of european jews in order to offer an alternative framework for thinking about and confronting the recent and ongoing memory wars. Mapping multidirectional memory 541 will take more than the work of multidirectional memory, but without changing the way we think about the past it will be difficult to imagine an alternative future. Posted on july 24, 2015 july 24, 2015 by danah hashem.
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