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Refiguring the Archive
. Ed(S): Hamilton, Carolyn; Harris, Verne; Pickover, Michele (Historical Papers Department, University Of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa);
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Paperback. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn; Harris, Verne; Pickover, Michele (Historical Papers Department, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa); Reid, Graeme (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Johannesburg, South Africa); Saleh, Razia; Taylor, Dr. Jane. Num Pages: 368 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HB; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 714.
Refiguring the Archive at once expresses cutting-edge debates on `the archive' in South Africa and internationally, and pushes the boundaries of those debates. It brings together prominent thinkers from a range of disciplines, mainly South Africans but a number from other countries. Traditionally archives have been seen as preserving memory and as holding the past. The contributors to this book question this orthodoxy, unfolding the ways in which archives construct, sanctify, and bury pasts. In his contribution, Jacques Derrida (an instantly recognisable name in intellectual discourse worldwide) shows how remembering can never be separated from forgetting, and argues that the ... Read more
Refiguring the Archive at once expresses cutting-edge debates on `the archive' in South Africa and internationally, and pushes the boundaries of those debates. It brings together prominent thinkers from a range of disciplines, mainly South Africans but a number from other countries. Traditionally archives have been seen as preserving memory and as holding the past. The contributors to this book question this orthodoxy, unfolding the ways in which archives construct, sanctify, and bury pasts. In his contribution, Jacques Derrida (an instantly recognisable name in intellectual discourse worldwide) shows how remembering can never be separated from forgetting, and argues that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401039260
SKU
V9789401039260
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