How modernity forgets / Paul Connerton.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: 176 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780521762151 (hbk.) :; 0521762154 (hbk.) :; 9780521745802 (pbk.) :; 0521745802 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Memory -- Social aspects | Collective memory | Social psychologyDDC classification: 153.1'25 Summary: This concise overview explores the concept of 'forgetting', and how modern society affects our ability to remember things. It takes ideas from Francis Yates's 'The Art of Memory', which viewed memory as being dependent on stability, and argues that today's world is full of change, making 'forgetting' characteristic of society.
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| 153 ESG An introduction to applied cognitive psychology | 153 EYS Cognitive psychology : a student's handbook / | 153 LLO Perception and cognition: a cross-cultural perspective | 153.1 CON How modernity forgets / | 153.1 DRA Why life speeds up as you get older; how memory shapes our past. | 153.1 GRE Human memory | 153.1 GRO Memory |
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This concise overview explores the concept of 'forgetting', and how modern society affects our ability to remember things. It takes ideas from Francis Yates's 'The Art of Memory', which viewed memory as being dependent on stability, and argues that today's world is full of change, making 'forgetting' characteristic of society.
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