Memory - A History

Zusatztext What Memory: A History decisively demonstrates is that our current obsession with memory has a history. Informationen zum Autor Dmitri Nikulin is Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. His interests range from ancient philosophy and early modern science to the philosophy of dialogue and philosophy of history. Klappentext In recent decades, memory has become a dominant topic in philosophy, politics, history, science, literature, and the discussions of trauma and the Holocaust. This volume shows how the concept of memory has been used in different historical circumstances and how it has changed throughout the history of philosophy. Zusammenfassung In recent decades, memory has become a dominant topic in philosophy, politics, history, science, literature, and the discussions of trauma and the Holocaust. This volume shows how the concept of memory has been used in different historical circumstances and how it has changed throughout the history of philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dmitri Nikulin, Dmitri (Professor of Philosophy Nikulin
• Mitarbeit: Dmitri Nikulin (Herausgeber), Nikulin Dmitri (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.10.2015
• EAN: 9780199793839
• ISBN: 978-0-19-979383-9
• Seiten: 416
• Serie: OXFORD PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge