Memory Ties
Continuing to Tell the Story of a Loved One After Death
Abstract
In the following chapter, we will explore the dynamics through which Paul Ricœur attempts to conceive the death of the other as a “loved being” and the role of the “survivors” who witness and experience their death. In this regard, we will reflect on the link our author establishes between otherness and ipseity, which will lead us to examine the divergences and similarities with Levinas’s understanding of otherness and responsibility. We will also demonstrate how it is possible to continue the narrative of the beloved otherness that “is no longer” but nevertheless “has been” in the memory of “those who remain”. Those who take responsibility for ensuring that the biological death of a loved one does not allow the latter to disappear into oblivion, but rather, remains alive through a narrative that finds its place in the memory of the living.
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