History of the Present: The Contemporary and Its Culture

by David Roberts

Book Overview

This book explores the demise of the grand narrative of European modernity. That once commanding narrative located the meaning of the past in the present and the meaning of the present in an ever-receding future. Today, instead, the present defines both the past and the future. The 'contemporary' has replaced 'modern' and 'post-modern' self-understandings. The times of the past and the future have been transformed into versions of 'now' while the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367530953
• ISBN13: 9780367530952
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"