The Work of Forgetting: Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible? by Stephane Sym

Description: The Work of Forgetting by Stephane Symons This book presents a critical discussion of the turn to memory, a key evolution in the humanities in the last 50 years. It offers an innovative interpretation of Walter Benjamins philosophy of history and his oeuvre at large, taking a thematic approach to the issue of forgett... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For over fifty years the concept of memory has played a crucial role in a large number of academic and societal debates. The Work of Forgetting: Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible? draws attention to the limits of the academic field of memory studies. It argues that the faculty of memory offers an inadequate response to the challenges of the present. The book sets up a dialogue between the philosophies of forgetting that underlie the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, and the philosophies of memory that inform the work of Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. It builds on the idea that history is inseparable from a type of transience that cannot be counter-acted by the preserving work of memory and develops a new understanding of the phenomenon of forgetting in which the passage of time is asserted in thought and thus made productive. Author Biography Stephane Symons is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of Walter Benjamin: Presence of Mind, Failure to Comprehend (2013) and More than Life: Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin on Art (2017), editor of The Marriage of Aesthetics and Ethics (2015) and co-editor of Walter Benjamin and Theology (2015). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Work of Forgetting. Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible?Chapter One: What is Thought? And How Can We Bring It About?Chapter Two: What is the Immemorial? And How Can We Make It Go Away?Chapter Three: What is the Child? Or How Can We Begin Anew?By Way of Conclusion: A Note on ShadowsIndex Review An original, well-informed, and profoundly provocative meditation on the untoward theme of forgetting. Focusing on the writings of Walter Benjamin in the context of authors such as Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Bergson, Proust, and Arendt, Stéphane Symons shows how transience can be worked through from within and transmuted into a creative force. -- Howard Eiland, Lecturer, Literature Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoes not obsessive remembrance—our age of commemorations—risk occluding any capacity to imagine and convey an alternative future? After several decades of ritualized praise for the ethical duties and political wisdom of memory, this highly exigent, provocative and impressively erudite book convincingly rediscovers the potentialities of the work of forgetting. Rereading through this refreshing prism a huge constellation of writers and thinkers, Stéphane Symons unveils a fascinating intellectual landscape and emphasizes the transient character of history as a creative force. -- Enzo Traverso, Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities, Cornell University Long Description For over fifty years the concept of memory has played a crucial role in a large number of academic and societal debates. The Work of Forgetting: Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible? draws attention to the limits of the academic field of memory studies. It argues that the faculty of memory offers an inadequate response to the challenges of the present. The book sets up a dialogue between the philosophies of forgetting that underlie the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, and the philosophies of memory that inform the work of Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. It builds on the idea that history is inseparable from a type of transience that cannot be counter-acted by the preserving work of memory and develops a new understanding of the phenomenon of forgetting in which the passage of time is asserted in thought and thus made productive. Review Text An original, well-informed, and profoundly provocative meditation on the untoward theme of forgetting. Focusing on the writings of Walter Benjamin in the context of authors such as Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Bergson, Proust, and Arendt, Stephane Symons shows how transience can be worked through from within and transmuted into a creative force. -- Howard Eiland, Lecturer, Literature Faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Does not obsessive remembrance-our age of commemorations-risk occluding any capacity to imagine and convey an alternative future? After several decades of ritualized praise for the ethical duties and political wisdom of memory, this highly exigent, provocative and impressively erudite book convincingly rediscovers the potentialities of the work of forgetting. Rereading through this refreshing prism a huge constellation of writers and thinkers, Stephane Symons unveils a fascinating intellectual landscape and emphasizes the transient character of history as a creative force. -- Enzo Traverso, Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities, Cornell University Review Quote Does not obsessive remembrance--our age of commemorations--risk occluding any capacity to imagine and convey an alternative future? After several decades of ritualized praise for the ethical duties and political wisdom of memory, this highly exigent, provocative and impressively erudite book convincingly rediscovers the potentialities of the work of forgetting. Rereading through this refreshing prism a huge constellation of writers and thinkers, St Details ISBN1538158272 Short Title The Work of Forgetting Pages 222 Series Philosophical Projections Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1538158272 ISBN-13 9781538158272 Format Paperback Subtitle Or, How Can We Make the Future Possible? Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs Publication Date 2021-11-12 NZ Release Date 2021-11-12 US Release Date 2021-11-12 UK Release Date 2021-11-12 Author Stephane Symons Alternative 9781785523236 DEWEY 128.3 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-11-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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