MEMORY, HISTORY, FORGETTING Memory, History, Forgetting PAUL RICOEUR Translated by Kathleen Blamey and David Pellauer THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago&London TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637 TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Ltd.,London (cid:2)C 2004byTheUniversityofChicago Allrightsreserved.Published2004 Paperbackedition2006 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 13121110090807 06 345 ISBN:0-226-71341-5(cloth) ISBN:0-226-71342-3(paperback) Frontispiece:D.H.Herberger,HistoryandChronos,ca.1750,Wiblingen Monastery,Ulm,Germany.Photo(cid:2)C AtelierJulianeZitzlsperger. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Ricoeur,Paul. [Me´moire,l’histoire,l’oubli.English] Memory,history,forgetting/PaulRicoeur;translatedbyKathleenBlameyand DavidPellauer. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-226-71341-5(hardcover:alk.paper) 1.Memory(Philosophy) 2.History—Philosophy. I.Title. B2430.R553M4613 2004 128(cid:3).3—dc22 2004001269 (cid:2)∞Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofthe AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaper forPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSIZ39.48-1992. Dans la me´moire de Simone Ricoeur Hewhohasbeen,fromthenoncannotnothavebeen: henceforththismysteriousandprofoundlyobscurefactof havingbeenishisviaticumforalleternity. § VladimirJanke´le´vitch Inaspecialplaceinthelibraryofthemonasterytherestandsasuperb baroquesculpture.Itisthedualfigureofhistory.Intheforeground,Kronos, thewingedgod.Anoldmanwithwreathedbrow:hislefthandgripsa largebook,hisrighthandattemptstotearoutapage.Behindandabove, standshistoryitself.Thegazeisgraveandsearching;onefoottopplesahorn ofplentyfromwhichspillsacascadeofgoldandsilver,signofinstability; thelefthandcheckstheactofthegod,whiletherightdisplayshistory’s instruments:thebook,theinkpot,andthestylus. § WiblingenMonastery,Ulm