Presence : : Philosophy, History, and Cultural Theory for the Twenty-First Century /

Presence : : Philosophy, History, and Cultural Theory for the Twenty-First Century / / ed. by Ethan Kleinberg, Ranjan Ghosh.

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The philosophy of "presence" seeks to challenge current understandings of meaning and understanding. One can trace its origins back to Vico, Dilthey, and Heidegger, though its more immediate exponents include Jean-Luc Nancy, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, and such contemporary philosophers of hist...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Ashcroft, Bill,
Bevir, Mark,
Crane, Susan A.,
Ghosh, Ranjan,
Gupta, Suman,
Kleinberg, Ethan,
Michael, John,
Pecora, Vincent P.,
Simon, Roger I.,
HerausgeberIn:
Ghosh, Ranjan,
Kleinberg, Ethan,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 1 halftone, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Presence in Absentia
  • 2. Be Here Now: Mimesis and the History of Representation
  • 3. Meaning, Truth, and Phenomenology
  • 4. Of Photographs, Puns, and Presence
  • 5. The Public Rendition of Images Médusées: Exhibiting Souvenir Photographs Taken at Lynchings in America
  • 6. The Presence of Immigrants, or Why Mexicans and Arabs Look Alike
  • 7. Transcultural Presence
  • 8. "It Disturbs Me with a Presence": Hindu History and What Meaning Cannot Convey
  • 9. The Presence and Conceptualization of Contemporary Protesting Crowds
  • Epilogue: Presence Continuous
  • Notes
  • Contributors

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