Vol 2, No 1 (2011) Towards a Phenomenology of Memory and Forgetting Alexandre Dessingué Alexandre Dessingué is associate professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway and is head of the research group of Memory Studies (MemS). Études Ricœuriennes / Ricœur Studies, Vol 2, No 1 (2011), pp. 168-178 ISSN 2155-1162 (online) DOI 10.5195/errs.2011.42 http://ricoeur.pitt.edu Abstract Differences and trends in the discourse of memory in France have been consistent since the publication by Hen..