Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the Self

Edited by Edmundo Balsemão Pires, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Communication, and Information, Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra, Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho, Invited Assistant Professor, University of Coimbra and Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto and Joana Ricarte, University of Coimbra (UC), Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), Portugal

• ContentsIntroduction to Memory, Trauma, and Narratives of the Self 1Edmundo Balsemão Pires, Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho, andJoana Ricarte1 Melancholy, trauma and therapy 24Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho2 Individual and collective trauma as mnesic organizer:identity, ego, and self 48Carlos Farate and Henrique Testa Vicente3 Psychopathology, somnambulism and animal life:a Biranian approach 65Luís António Umbelino4 Memory as a communication medium 78Edmundo Balsemão Pires5 Traumatic experiences and life-stories: on narrativeidentity and existential creativity 108Paulo Jesus6 Fragments of a self: embodiments, (re)enactments, andre-encounters with memory 133Ellen W. Kaplan7 Memory, history, reviviscence 150Paulo Tunhas8 Epistemic injustice, conflict of narratives, and social change 169Gonçalo Marcelo9 Negotiating boundaries of belonging: identities,recognition and agency 186Amena Amer10 Interviewing former politically violent militants:reflections on fieldwork, narrative, memory and ethical dilemmas 200Raquel da Silva11 Historical memory, cultural violence, and conflict: thegenealogy of dehumanization in Israel and Palestine 225Joana RicarteIndex 244

‘Narrative is at the core of articulations and interpretations of trauma and memory. This volume significantly increases our knowledge of its role. The distinguished contributors come from all sides of the intellectual spectrum, thus opening new pathways of understanding.’