In ‘Eternal’ Memory
Mirosława CHUDA
John Paul II Institute, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland , PolandAbstract
Drawing on the funerary sentence which was traditionally recited as part of burial ceremonies in order to express an assurance that the deceased would be kept in ‘eternal’ memory by the mourners, the essay argues that it is impossible to fulfill such a promise due to the limitations of memory, whether individual or collective, such as its transitory nature and the tendency to distort the past.
Keywords:
individual memory, collective memory, memory of the dead, limitations of memoryCHUDA, M. (2022). W „wiecznej” pamięci. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 34(3 (135). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/ethos/article/view/13694
Mirosława CHUDA
John Paul II Institute, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
John Paul II Institute, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
