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Déjà vu and the end of history
- Title
- Déjà vu and the end of history / Paolo Virno ; translated by David Broder.
- Author
- Virno, Paolo, 1952-
- Publication
- Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2015.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Broder, David
- Description
- 192 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of déjà vu and the idea of the "End of History" relate to one another? Through thinkers like Bergson, Kojève and Nietzsche, Virno explores these constructs of memory and the passage of time. In showing how the experience of time becomes historical, Virno considers two fundamental concepts from Western philosophy: Power and The Act. Through these, he elegantly constructs a radical new theory of historical temporality"--
- Series Statement
- Verso futures
- Uniform Title
- Ricordo del presente. English
- Alternative Title
- Ricordo del presente.
- Subjects
- Note
- First published as Il Ricordo del presente © Bollati Boringhieri 1999.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Italian.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-1207
- ISBN
- 9781781686119
- 1781686114
- 9781781686126
- 1781686122
- 9781781686133 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781781687482 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014034306
- OCLC
- 894777651
- Author
- Virno, Paolo, 1952- author.
- Title
- Déjà vu and the end of history / Paolo Virno ; translated by David Broder.
- Publisher
- Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2015.
- Edition
- English-language edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Verso futures
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language
- Translated from the Italian.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Broder, David, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-1207
