Trauma, Memory and Political Antagonism: Observations on the Role of Memory Spaces in the Elaboration of the Transgenerational Effects of Political Violence

Abstract

This article presents a theoretical problematization of the conflicting character of collective memory in the perspective of the theory of antagonism proposed by Laclau. It is an innovative approach to understanding the phenomena of historical trauma, from a point of view attentive to the political dimension of memory. From this, we reflect on the relevance of memory places as spaces for inscription and symbolic processing of collective traumas, those that, given their material nature and particular location in the public space, can operate as benchmarks for the elaboration of transgenerational repercussions of collective traumas.