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Towards a resonant theory of memory politics

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It is argued that Hartmut Rosa’s theory of resonance provides memory activists (those actors engaged in memory politics) with both a normative justification and qualitative metric by which sites of… Click to show full abstract

It is argued that Hartmut Rosa’s theory of resonance provides memory activists (those actors engaged in memory politics) with both a normative justification and qualitative metric by which sites of memory may be compared and evaluated. Resonance is a plausible candidate for an assessing concept on the grounds that there is overlap between Rosa’s sociological approach and the implicit appeal to resonance in the memory studies literature.

Keywords: resonant theory; theory memory; towards resonant; resonance; memory; memory politics

Journal Title: Memory Studies
Year Published: 2022

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