Encountering the past within the present : modern experiences of time /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kattago, Siobhan, 1966- (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Routledge, 2020.
• Σειρά: Memory studies: global constellations
• Θέματα: Μνήμη > Κοινωνιολογικές απόψεις.; Συλλογική μνήμη; Χρόνος > Κοινωνιολογικές απόψεις.; Ιστορία > Φιλοσοφία

"Encountering the Past within the Present: Modern Experiences of Time examines different encounters with the past from within the present - whether as commemoration, nostalgia, silence, ghostly haunting or combinations thereof. Taking its cue from Hannah Arendt's definition of the present...

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