Pleasures and Perils in Looking Back Response to Fogel,Grand, Kahane,and Namir

I take up three themes that run through the commentaries on my book, The Pillar of Salt. First, I discuss the nature of remembering, particularly in the light of the lessons that have emerged from the recovered-memory debate. Second, I identify areas where feminism and psychoanalysis may inform one another, particularly at the level of clinical and political practices. A third theme centers on the contemporary revival of discourse on hysteria and problems that emerge in locating sources of misery in the histories of women.