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Thoughts on Things Forgotten: Recharging the Collective Memory Banks New edition [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 306 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x148 mm, kaal: 675 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2018
  • Kirjastus: Peter Lang AG
  • ISBN-10: 3631738293
  • ISBN-13: 9783631738290
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 306 pages, kõrgus x laius: 210x148 mm, kaal: 675 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2018
  • Kirjastus: Peter Lang AG
  • ISBN-10: 3631738293
  • ISBN-13: 9783631738290
Teised raamatud teemal:
"We forget all kinds of things, topics and techniques, in different ways. Forgetting grave political factors can lead to repeating the same mistakes. Repression, personal and social, will lead to catastrophe. The analysis of things and techniques relinquished offers counter-strategies to the loss of social experience and memory"--

We forget all kinds of things, trivial and important ones; and not just things but also topics and techniques, and we forget in different ways. Inconvenient as it is to forget your to-do list, forgetting grave political factors can lead to repeating the same mistakes. Foolish as it is to let proven solutions fall by the wayside, repression, both on a personal as on a political level, will lead to catastrophe. This book enumerates many things already forgotten (or in the process of being forgotten) and maps the tortuous paths of relinquishing useful ways of doing things. By analyzing «forgetting» in the light of historical context and psychological necessity, this study offers counter-strategies to the loss of social memory and stresses the benefits of social recollection.



We forget all kinds of things, topics and techniques, in different ways. Forgetting grave political factors can lead to repeating the same mistakes. Repression, personal and social, will lead to catastrophe. The analysis of things and techniques relinquished offers counter-strategies to the loss of social experience and memory.

Introduction 11(6)
1 Service/Self-"Service"
17(8)
2 Going to the Movies
25(4)
3 "Waldsterben"
29(4)
4 On (Foreign) Languages and Their Pronunciation
33(6)
5 Bombed Out
39(8)
6 At the Dentist's
47(6)
7 On Smoking/No Smoking
53(6)
8 Dress Codes
59(4)
9 Childhood
63(4)
10 Modern vs. Old-Fashioned?
67(4)
11 Stencils, Mimeographs
71(4)
12 The Status of Cats
75(2)
13 Come, Fly with Me
77(8)
14 Britain Goes Metric
85(6)
15 Sea of Holes
91(4)
16 What Must under No Circumstances Be Forgotten
95(8)
17 Sexuality, Back Then
103(8)
18 Phones
111(8)
19 Rote Learning
119(6)
20 When People Could Read and Write
125(6)
21 Stalinallee
131(4)
22 Forgetting, Repressing, Remembering
135(4)
23 Pictures, Slide Shows
139(2)
24 Civility
141(6)
25 Manners
147(6)
26 "Pygmy Cars"
153(4)
27 Nylon Socks and Shirts
157(4)
28 The Amnesia Chick
161(2)
29 Profiles of Memorableness
163(4)
30 Dirt
167(4)
31 Playing Cards
171(4)
32 The Loo
175(4)
33 The European Union
179(12)
34 Work Morale
191(8)
35 Public Transport
199(10)
36 Heating Your Home
209(4)
37 Studying at the University
213(4)
38 Some Fundamental Remarks on "Forgetting"
217(4)
39 Austria
221(6)
40 The Mixed Blessings of (Not) Being Able to Forget
227(6)
41 When Agnosticism/Atheism Seemed Normal
233(4)
42 Library Catalogues
237(4)
43 Travelling, Passports, Credit Cards
241(4)
44 When the West Was Still Proud of Itself
245(8)
Towards a General Theory of "Forgetting" 253(28)
The Optimal Solution Conundrum 281(14)
Bibliographical Notes 295(2)
Index 297
Georg Schmid was Professor at the University of Salzburg. His areas of research include modern and contemporary history, theory of history, semiology, transport, film.









Sigrid Schmid-Bortenschlager was Professor at the University of Salzburg. Her research interests include modern, experimental, comparative literature, women writers, semiology.