Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) : 4 black and white illustrations, 1 color illustrations |
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text file |
Summary |
The book offers a fundamental view on the problem of forgetting in sociology in general and within sociology of knowledge. Furthermore it focuses - as a case study - on the field of modern science. With recourse to the term ,oblivionism', originally introduced with ironic-critical intent by the german romance scholar Harald Weinrich, it analyzes the fundamental and multifaceted problem of the loss of knowledge in the field of science. A declarative-reflective, an incorporated-practical and an objectified-technical memory motif is at the centre. These form the basis for the development of the three forms of forgetting that are also central to modern science: forgetfulness, wanting to forget and, ultimately, making one forget. |
Biography |
Oliver Dimbath is Professor of General Sociology at the University of Koblenz-Landau. As a sociologist of memory, he has written numerous works on questions of social memory as well as social remembering and forgetting. He is co-editor of the book series 'Soziales Gedächtnis, Erinnern und Vergessen - Memory Studies'. |
Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Subject |
Memory (Philosophy)
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Memory (Philosophy) |
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Science -- History.
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Science. |
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History. |
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History -- Examinations, questions, etc.
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Genre/Form |
Examinations.
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Subject |
Collective memory -- History.
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Collective memory. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Examinations.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 3770565738 |
ISBN |
3846765732 |
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9783846765739 |
Standard No. |
9783846765739 |
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