Abstract
The chapter examines the atmospheric qualities of memory and remembrance. It applies a phenomenological approach to illuminate what kind of atmospheres is involved with states of remembrance and in which way. Empirically, the main focus of the examination is Marcel Proust’s detailed description of remembrance. Overall, memory is recognized as accessible through a phenomenological analysis. The terms of new phenomenology are able to show what happens within the context of memory processes. Finally, it is also shown that atmospheres play a role both as content and as trait of these processes.
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Similar to the train of thoughts followed in this chapter, Felix Krueger (1928) tried to capture the bare essentials of emotions through a conceptual approach.
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It is strongly advised though to not off-handedly take the poet at his word. In his novel, Proust basically uses a mode of introspection that shares significant similarities with the phenomenological method. Thus his text is of specific interest for the investigation in hand. Nevertheless, in the course of further thoughts, its actual phenomenological validity has to be evaluated. On the specific validity of Proust’s depictions, see Bollnow (1956, 200–201). For a basic overview of the problems of phenomenology with literary sources, see Kammler and Kluck (2008).
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This parallel to love matches Schmitz’s description of love as an atmospheric emotion (1993, 29–61).
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While the possibility that this process may also lead to fallacies is not put into question, it does not hold any relevance to the problem of the atmospheric discussed here.
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For an overview on this subject, see Schmitz (1990, 135–153).
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For a critical view on the issue, cf. Griffero (2010, 31–36).
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The “withdrawal” is a consequence of situations never being completely apprehensible through constellations that result from an explication.
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As an alternative access that is not primarily based on constellations, Schmitz offers the theory of hermeneutic intelligence. On this issue, see Schmitz (2010, 86–87).
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For an insight on the parallels of the respective philosophy of the felt body of Merleau-Ponty and Schmitz, see Kluck (2014, 87–88).
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On collective situations, see Schmitz (1990, 74–77, 417–420).
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Kluck, S. (2019). Atmospheres and Memory: A Phenomenological Approach. In: Griffero, T., Tedeschini, M. (eds) Atmosphere and Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24942-7_11
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