Shmuel TRIGANO - The Opacity of Openness : The Shoa Bewteen "Abuse of Memory" and "Modern Ideology"

Pouvoirs n°97 - Transparence et secret - avril 2001 - p.99-108

Today, an ideological trend is criticizing the « abuse of memory » and opposing the discourse and policy regarding the « singularity » of the Shoa. The debate centers around the collective identity of the Jews and the normalcy of modernity. Applying the tools of the sociology of knowledge, the author tries to show how the unconscious of modernity, or the « ideology of modernity », represents the very framework of the opacity of the Shoa for modern consciousness, and thereby he tries to explain the impasses of the contemporary discourse. Résumé

Référence électonique : Shmuel TRIGANO, "The Opacity of Openness : The Shoa Bewteen "Abuse of Memory" and "Modern Ideology"", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°97, 2001, p.99-1. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/The-Opacity-of-Openness-The-Shoa.html