The Work of Forgetting: Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible?

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield International (2018)
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This book presents a critical discussion of the turn to memory, a key evolution in the humanities in the last 50 years. It offers an innovative interpretation of Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of history and his oeuvre at large, taking a thematic approach to the issue of forgetting, based on detailed readings of key philosophers of the 20th century.

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BD181.7.S96 2019

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9781785523236   1785523236   9781538158272   1538158272   9781785523243
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