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Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource. From the Ancient Greeks to Nietzsche and Derrida, the dilemma about the relationship between history and memory has filled many pages, with one important question singled out: is the writing of history to memory a remedy or a poison?...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Borić, Dušan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, UK : Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books ; David Brown Book Company, [2010]
Subjects:
Archaeology > Research.
Archaeology > Philosophy.
Archaeology > Methodology.
Memory > Social aspects > History.
Mnemonics > History.
Social archaeology > Eurasia > Case studies.
Prehistoric peoples > Eurasia.
Archéologie > Recherche.
Archéologie > Méthodologie.
Mnémotechnique > Histoire.
Archéologie sociale > Eurasie > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Archaeology > Methodology
Archaeology > Philosophy
Archaeology > Research
Memory > Social aspects
Mnemonics
Prehistoric peoples
Social archaeology
Eurasia > Antiquities.
Eurasia > History.
Eurasia
Case studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Memory can be both a horrifying trauma and an empowering resource. From the Ancient Greeks to Nietzsche and Derrida, the dilemma about the relationship between history and memory has filled many pages, with one important question singled out: is the writing of history to memory a remedy or a poison? Recently, a growing interest in and preoccupation with the issue of memory, remembering and forgetting has resulted in a proliferation of published works, in various disciplines, that have memory as their focus. This trend, to which the present volume contributes, has started to occupy the dominant.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1842178121
9781842178126

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