Our Faithfulness to the Past ─ The Ethics and Politics of Memory

"This volume brings together essays - three of them previously unpublished - on the epistemology, ethics, and politics of memory by the late feminist philosopher Sue Campbell. The essays in Part I diagnose contemporary skepticism about personal memory, and develop an account of good remembering that is better suited to contemporary (reconstructive) theories of memory. The essays in Part II focus on the activities and practices through which we explore and negotiate the shared significance of our different recollections of the past, and the importance of sharing memory for constituting our identities. In Part III, Campbell uses her relational theory of memory to address the challenges of sharing memory and renewing selves in contexts that are fractured bymoral and political difference, especially those arising from a history of injustice and oppression"--

Canadian philosopher Sue Campbell (1956-2011) did important and influential work in moral and political psychology and in feminist theory. Her interest was in the diverse ways we express emotion and memory and in the political contexts that affect our possibilities for self-expression. Her second book Relational Remembering: Rethinking the Memory Wars (2003) won the North American Society for Social Philosophy 2003 Book Prize, and is essential reading for anyone theorizing about memory and its reliability. In 2014, Hypatia, the foremost journal of feminist philosophy, will publish a cluster of new essays on Campbell's work.

CBChristine M. Koggel is Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University and the former Harvey Wexler Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Bryn Mawr College. Her numerous books and essays are in moral theory, practical ethics, social and political theory, and feminism.

Rockney Jacobsen is Associate Professor and former Chair of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has published essays in the philosophy of language and mind, Wittgenstein, the philosophy of sexuality, and in theoretical and applied ethics.