ABSTRACT
The work of memory is a slow transformation of compulsive repetition into a talking cure, liberation from pathological obsession into words as free association. The book on imagination - The Psychology of Imagination - Sartre said that imagination is about the unreal and memory is about the real. So there is a positing act in memory whereas there is an unrealizing of history in imagination. Many philosophers, such as Spinoza, have treated memory as a province of imagination. Testimony is the ultimate link between imagination and memory. The historian opposes the manipulation of narratives by telling the story differently and by providing a space for the confrontation between opposing testimonies. Rawls calls 'reflective equilibrium'. He speaks of the need for reflective equilibrium between predominantly held beliefs and the findings of critical minds represented by professional people such as historians. Such a mechanism helps to distinguish well from bad history. In the final analysis, however emphasize the role of 'trust'.
