Description
Book SynopsisThis book brings together an interdisciplinary group of contributors to explore the possibilities and limitations of presence from a variety of perspectives
Trade Review"Presence offers a timely constellation of essays addressing the recent turn toward presence in various disciplines, notably aesthetics, literary criticism, philosophy, and history. The interacting essays in this volume provide an informed, thought-provoking, sometimes contestable, and at points uncannily defamiliarizing guide to the sinuous, many-sided turn to presence." -- Dominick LaCapra, Cornell University, author of
History, Literature, Critical Theory"This book can be compared to a river: starting from the central notion of presence its chapters cover a whole delta of theoretical issues. In truly impressive fashion, the authors convince readers of the importance of the notion of presence. There is a certain ground to their argument, namely a 'return to the real.' The stakes could not possibly be higher and it cannot be doubted that with the notion of presence a new paradigm in the humanities announces itself." -- Frank Ankersmit, University of Groningen, author of
Meaning, Truth, and Reference in Historical RepresentationTable of ContentsPrologue
Ethan Kleinberg
1. Presence in absentia
Ethan Kleinberg
2. Be Here Now: Mimesis and the History of Representation
Vincent P. Pecora
3. Meaning, Truth, and Phenomenology
Mark Bevir
4. Of Photographs, Puns and Presence
Susan Crane
5. The Public Rendition of Images Médusées: Exhibiting Souvenir Photographs taken at Lynchings in America
Roger I. Simon
6. The Presence of Immigrants, or Why Mexicans and Arabs Look Alike
John Michael
7. Transcultural Presence
Bill Ashcroft
8. It Disturbs Me With a Presence: Hindu History and What Meaning Cannot Convey
Ranjan Ghosh
9. The Presence and Conceptualization of Contemporary Protesting Crowds
Suman Gupta
Epilogue: Presence Continuous
