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On the Difficulty of Living Together: Memory, Politics, and History
Manuel Cruz
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Description for On the Difficulty of Living Together: Memory, Politics, and History
Hardback. Translator(s): Jacques, Richard.L., Jr. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
In On the Difficulty of Living Together, Manuel Cruz launches a nuanced study of memory and forgetting, defining their forms and uses, political meanings, and social and historical implications. Memory is not an intrinsically positive phenomenon, he argues, but an impressionable and malleable one, used to advance a variety of agendas. Cruz focuses on five memory models: that which is inherently valuable, that which legitimizes the present, that which supports retributive justice, that which is essential to mourning, and that which elicits renunciation or revelation. His methodical approach makes sense of memory's positive and negative effects, its contradictions, and its ... Read more
In On the Difficulty of Living Together, Manuel Cruz launches a nuanced study of memory and forgetting, defining their forms and uses, political meanings, and social and historical implications. Memory is not an intrinsically positive phenomenon, he argues, but an impressionable and malleable one, used to advance a variety of agendas. Cruz focuses on five memory models: that which is inherently valuable, that which legitimizes the present, that which supports retributive justice, that which is essential to mourning, and that which elicits renunciation or revelation. His methodical approach makes sense of memory's positive and negative effects, its contradictions, and its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231164009
SKU
V9780231164009
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About Manuel Cruz
Manuel Cruz is professor of contemporary philosophy at the University of Barcelona and author of more than twenty titles, including Taking Charge: On Responsibility and Personal Identity (2011).
Reviews for On the Difficulty of Living Together: Memory, Politics, and History
On the Difficulty of Living Together is an engaging and well written text in which Manuel Cruz-one of the most outstanding philosophers active today on the Spanish-speaking scene-takes the reader along on an original journey through memory and the way we should relate to it.
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