"Archive Fever" (book by Jacques Derrida)

"Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression" is a book by philosopher Jacques Derrida that explores the nature and significance of archives—collections of documents and records that preserve history. Derrida delves into how archives shape our understanding of the past, memory, and identity. He critiques the idea of archives as mere storage, emphasizing their role in constructing narratives and influencing knowledge. Drawing on psychoanalysis, he examines our obsession with preserving information and the inherent tensions between memory and forgetting, suggesting that the act of archiving is both a necessity and a source of anxiety about what is remembered and what is lost.