Repression in Retrospect: Constructing History in the ‘Memory Debate’  

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Tuffin, Keith ; Howard, Christina

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of the Human Sciences vol. 15 no. 3 (Aug. 2002), page 75–93.
Topik: false memory syndrome; history; recovered memory; repression
Fulltext: 75.pdf (97.48KB)

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Psychologists have often been criticized for their reluctance to engage with history, so it is interesting to find that historical accounts play an important role in the recovered memory/false memory syndrome debate. Using techniques of rhetorical and discursive analysis, we examined accounts of the historical origins of repression and of battle- field trauma in popular texts. The flexible and selective nature of these accounts was highlighted, and was discussed in terms of the rhetorical practice of ontological gerrymandering. Also, the employment of discursive practices similar to Gilbert and Mulkay’s (1984) ‘empiricist’ and ‘contingent’ repertoires was noted. We also comment upon how different understandings of the nature of history (as linear, cyclical, or geographical) were rhetorically employed by participants, and suggest that historical contexts are constructed for rhetorical effect.

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