What Is the Present?

by Michael North

A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and culture

The problem of the present--what it is and what it means--is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now--but how can we tell without first knowing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691179697
• ISBN13: 9780691179698
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"