How Modernity Forgets AUTH-8739136 ISBN13: 9781907713071

ISBN13: 9781907713071

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James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870

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How Modernity Forgets AUTH-8739136 ISBN13: 9781907713071Why are we sometimes unable to remember events, places and objects? This concise overview explores the concept of 'forgetting', and how modern society affects our ability to remember things. It takes ideas from Francis Yates classic work, 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 contemporary society. We live our lives at great speed;