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History of the Present - The Contemporary and its Culture (Paperback)
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History of the Present - The Contemporary and its Culture (Paperback)
Series: Morality, Society and Culture
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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
present has acquired its own history. History of the Present
describes the emergence of this 'contemporary' historical
consciousness across a wide spectrum of cultural phenomena ranging
from historiography to heritage and museum studies, and from the
globalization of the novel to the rise of science fiction. The
culture of the 'contemporary' appears particularly clearly in the
merging of high and low culture along with art and fashion. This
book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and social
theory, museum and heritage studies, and literary history and
criticism.
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