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Author Dimbath, Oliver, author.

Title Oblivionism : Forgetting and Forgetfulness in Modern Science / Oliver Dimbath.

Publication Info. Paderborn : Brill, 2021.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (320 pages) : 4 black and white illustrations, 1 color illustrations
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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)
Memory (Philosophy)
Science -- History.
Science.
History.
History -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Genre/Form Examinations.
Subject Collective memory -- History.
Collective memory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Examinations.
Other Form: Print version: 3770565738
ISBN 3846765732
9783846765739
Standard No. 9783846765739