There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth's climate on a decadal to century time-scale. By the end of this century, without a reduction in emissions, atmospheric CO2 is projected to increase to levels that Earth has not experienced fo…
Hayden White borrows the title for The Practical Past from philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who used the term to describe the accessible material and literary-artistic artifacts that individuals and institutions draw on for guidance in quotidian affairs. The Practical Past, then, …
The chapters in this volume represent an intriguing, interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory, touching on issues of heritage, storytelling, and reconciliation. The central concern of this volume is not only how we remember the past in the present, but who remembers the…
The chapters in this volume represent an intriguing, interdisciplinary approach to the study of memory, touching on issues of heritage, storytelling, and reconciliation. The central concern of this volume is not only how we remember the past in the present, but who remembers the…
Der fünfzehnjährige Michael lernt Hanna, eine Frau von Mitte dreißig kennen. Sie wird seine erste Liebe. Trotz gewisser Spannungen - Hanna weigert sich, über ihre Vergangenheit zu sprechen, erleben beide eine Zeit des Glücks. Dann ist Hanna verschwunden. Jahre später sieht der J…
Observing that humans often deal with the past in problematic ways, Jerome Veith looks to philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and his hermeneutics to clarify these conceptions of history and to present ways to come to terms with them. Veith fully engages Truth and Method as well as G…
Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene--these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern F…
by Hickey, Ian
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The book presents a cultural study of Toni Morrison?s fiction, focused on her representations of the past and present, along with the relationship between the two. The authors analyze Morrison?s texts not solely as aesthetic, autonomous objects but as manifestations of a cultura…
Every generation re-writes history in its own way'. Re-writing History applies Collingwood's dictum to a series of topics and themes, some of which have been central to prehistoric and protohistoric archaeology for the past century or more, while some have been triggered by more…
