Memory, History, Forgetting Paul Ricoeur ; translated by Kathleen Blamey and David Pellauer.

Includes bibliography: p. 607-626 and endnotes p. 507-606

Part I. On nemory and recollection -- 1. Memory and imagination -- 2. The exercise of memory: uses and abuses -- 3. Personal memory, collective memory -- Part II. History, epistemology -- Prelude. History: remedy or poison? -- 1. The documentary phase: archived memory -- 2. Explanation/understanding -- 3. The historian's representation -- Part III. The historical condition -- Prelude. The burden of history and the nonhistorical -- 1. The critical philosophy of history -- 2. History and time -- 3. Forgetting -- Epilogue. Difficult forgiveness.

"Why do major historical events such as the Holocaust occupy the forefront of the collective consciousness, while profound moments such as the Armenian genocide, the McCarthy era, and France's role in North Africa stand distantly behind? Is it possible that history "overly remembers" some events at the expense of others? A landmark work in philosophy, Paul Ricoeur's Memory, History, Forgetting examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative."--Jacket.