In a time of national introspection regarding the country s involvement in the persecution of Jews, Poland has begun to reimagine spaces of and for Jewishness in the Polish landscape, not as a form of nostalgia but as a way to encourage the pluralization of contemporary society. The essays in this book explore issues of the restoration, restitution, memorializing, and tourism that have brought present inhabitants into contact with initiatives to revive Jewish sites. They reveal that an emergent Jewish presence in both urban and rural landscapes exists in conflict and collaboration with other remembered minorities, engaging in complex negotiations with local, regional, national, and international groups and interests. With its emphasis on spaces and built environments, this volume illuminates the role of the material world in the complex encounter with the Jewish past in contemporary Poland."

In a time of national introspection regarding the country s involvement in the persecution of Jews, Poland has begun to reimagine spaces of and for Jewishness in the Polish landscape, not as a form of nostalgia but as a way to encourage the pluralization of contemporary society. The essays in this book explore issues of the restoration, restitution, memorializing, and tourism that have brought present inhabitants into contact with initiatives to revive Jewish sites. They reveal that an emergent Jewish presence in both urban and rural landscapes exists in conflict and collaboration with other remembered minorities, engaging in complex negotiations with local, regional, national, and international groups and interests. With its emphasis on spaces and built environments, this volume illuminates the role of the material world in the complex encounter with the Jewish past in contemporary Poland."

In honor of the centenary of the death of Stephane Mallarme, an international group of critics, including Octavio Paz, Michel Deguy, and Julia Kristeva, contributed essays on various aspects of his poetry and thought to this memorial volume. The essays review his influence on writers like Proust and Joyce, on musicians from Debussy to Boulez, and on theater from Maeterlinck to Artaud.

Words (Names) are remarkably efficient instruments for communication processing. This landmark book presents case histories from the author's own research which illuminate this phenomena from a pathophysiological standpoint. In order to facilitate understanding of the case studies, a hypothetical outline of the central nervous system network processing for the production of propositional communications is presented. An anatomical-physiological model for volitional naming is offered. The following types of memories are discussed: DNA and RNA Memories; Cognitive Memories; Conceptual Memories, Event Memories; Action Memories.