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In Praise of Forgetting
Language: en
Pages: 158
Authors: David Rieff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in Georg
In Praise of Forgetting
Language: en
Pages: 135
Authors: David Rieff
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-10 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana’s celebrated phrase, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to r
Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Lawrence Weschler
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-01-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Traces the life and career of the California artist, who currently works with pure light and the subtle modulation of empty space
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Milan Kundera
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-28 - Publisher: HarperCollins

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"An absolutely dazzling entertainment. . . . Arousing on every level—political, erotic, intellectual, and above all, humorous." —Newsweek "The Book of Laugh
A Primer for Forgetting
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Lewis Hyde
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-18 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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“One of our true superstars of nonfiction” (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the heali