Hiroshima: Remembering and forgetting, everything and nothing. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tester, Keith
• Other Names: Evans Brad guest-editor.; Tester Keith guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Thesis eleven. Volume 129:Number 1(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Günther Anders -- forgetting -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- remembering -- Alain Resnais; Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 301
• DOI: 10.1177/0725513615592976
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0725-5136

Abstract

Is it possible to remember Hiroshima and, if it is, what exactly is being remembered? This paper uses Resnais's film Hiroshima Mon Amour as a way of asking this question. The problem of remembering is identified as being due to how nuclear explosions are beyond the human capacity to understand. The paper draws on the work of Günther Anders to explore the implications of Hiroshima for the human understanding of human possibilities.