Arguing that this ontological realist mode of thinking is reinforced by current analog publishing practices, Ethan Kleinberg advocates for a hauntological approach to history that follows the work of Jacques Derrida and embraces a past that is at once present and absent, available and restricted, rather than a fixed and static snapshot of a moment in time. This polysemic understanding of the past as multiple and conflicting, he maintains, is what makes the deconstructive approach to the past particularly well suited to new digital forms of historical writing and presentation.
Arguing that this ontological realist mode of thinking is reinforced by current analog publishing practices, Ethan Kleinberg advocates for a hauntological approach to history that follows the work of Jacques Derrida and embraces a past that is at once present and absent, available and restricted, rather than a fixed and static snapshot of a moment in time. This polysemic understanding of the past as multiple and conflicting, he maintains, is what makes the deconstructive approach to the past particularly well suited to new digital forms of historical writing and presentation.
Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past
208Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past
208Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781503603387 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 08/22/2017 |
Series: | Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Series |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |