Gedächtnis: Streifzüge, Reflektionen, Bilder

What is memory? The book combines the perspectives of scholars and artists who place themselves, society and the whole world in the context of their history. Memory is a word of everyday language, but also of many technical languages. Psychology, brain research, and psychiatry deal with memory whose susceptibility to disturbances challenges us today more than ever. But not only individuals, but also societies have a memory, they are product of their history that is always present and effective. The loss of collective memory also entails profound disturbances that threaten our location and anchorage in the world. And finally, animals and plants also have their individual and evolutive history, even the earth and space. Do they also have a memory or embody it? What is certain is that there is no ‘that’ memory. The more closely we look, the less we approach a unified definition that meets all aspects. This book seeks to give answers by letting different people come to word, image and sound with their respective perspectives. Whether archaeologist or memory researcher, linguist or philosopher, astronomer or geographer, theologian or writer – everyone has an individual, origin, knowledge, social role and own experiences perspective on what we call memory. —- ISBN: 9783835357792