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How Modernity Forgets

By Paul Connerton

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0521762154, 9780521762151, 9780511651489, 0521745802, 9780521745802
LCC
BF378.S65 C656 2009
Open Library ID
OL23218295M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1077476 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
158\159
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Антропология;Социальная (культурная) антропология

Description

Why are we sometimes unable to remember events, places and objects? This concise overview explores the concept of 'forgetting', and how modern society affects our ability to remember things. It takes ideas from Francis Yates classic work, 'The Art of Memory', which viewed memory as being dependent on stability, and argues that today's world is full of change, making 'forgetting' characteristic of contemporary society. We live our lives at great speed; cities have become so enormous that they are unmemorable; consumerism has become disconnected from the labour process; urban architecture has a short life-span; and social relationships are less clearly defined - all of which has eroded the foundations on which we build and share our memories. Providing a profound insight into the effects of modern society, this book is a must-read for anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and philosophers, as well as anyone interested in social theory and the contemporary western world.

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