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Memory, History, Forgetting
Paul Ricoeur
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Description for Memory, History, Forgetting
Paperback. Examines the reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, revealing how this symbiosis influences both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. Translator(s): Blamey, Kathleen; Pellauer, David. Num Pages: 624 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1036.
A landmark work, "Memory, History, Forgetting" examines the reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, revealing how this symbiosis influences both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. A momentous achievement in Ricoeur's career, this book provides the crucial link between his "Time and Narrative" and "Oneself as Another", and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation.
A landmark work, "Memory, History, Forgetting" examines the reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, revealing how this symbiosis influences both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. A momentous achievement in Ricoeur's career, this book provides the crucial link between his "Time and Narrative" and "Oneself as Another", and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation.
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226713427
SKU
V9780226713427
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About Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur (1913 - 2005) was the John Nuveen Professor in the Divinity School, the Department of Philosophy, and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His books include Oneself as Another, the three-volume Time and Narrative, and The Just, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Kathleen Blamey teaches philosophy at California State University, East ... Read more
Reviews for Memory, History, Forgetting
"His success in revealing the internal relations between recalling and forgetting, and how this dynamic becomes problematic in light of events once present but now past, will inspire academic dialogue and response but also holds great appeal to educated general readers in search of both method for and insight from considering the ethical ramifications of modern events.... It is indeed ... Read more