Lost Time: On Remembering and Forgetting in Late Modern Culture

by David L. Gross

Book Overview

What is the value of memory in human culture? More specifically, what role should remembering--and forgetting--play in our daily lives? These are the central questions that David Gross addresses in this original and thought-provoking book. For centuries, Gross points out, remembering was considered essential not only to the perpetuation of society but to the maintenance of individual existence. Survival often depended on the memory of how to perform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497587
• ISBN13: 9781558497580
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"