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Refiguring the Archive
Carolyn Hamilton
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Description for Refiguring the Archive
Hardcover. Demonstrates the degree to which thinking about archives is embracing new realities and new possibilities. This book shows how remembering can never be separated from forgetting, and argues that the archive is about the future rather than the past. 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, Jane. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 976.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402007439
SKU
V9781402007439
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Ref
99-15
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