Committing the future to memory : history, experience, trauma / Sarah Clift.
Committing the future to memory : history, experience, trauma / Sarah Clift.
Committing the future to memory : history, experience, trauma / Sarah Clift.
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
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G 2016/88
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Narrative life span, in the wake : Benjamin and Arendt -- Memory in theory : the childhood memories of John Locke (persons, parrots) -- Mourning memory : the "end" of art or, reading (in) the spirit of Hegel -- Speculating on the past, the impact of the present : Hegel and his time(s) -- In lieu of...
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
Whereas historical determinacy conceives the past as a complex and unstable network of causalities, this book asks how history can be related to a more radical future. To pose that question, it does not reject determinacy outright but rather seeks to explore how it works. In examining what it means to be "determined" by history, it also asks what k...
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Committing the future to memory : history, experience, trauma / Sarah Clift.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
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G 2016/88
Record Identifier
74VKzD2E6Vbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzD2E6Vbg
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ISBN
0823254216 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780823254200 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0823254208 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780823254217 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
DDC
907.2
MMS ID
991023336999702626
