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Normal false memory
Normal false memory
Is it possible to be completely convinced about a memory and yet to err? Yes, it is! Human memory is dynamic and at times falls victim to its own associative power. This chapter ex...
Colonial Histories, Postcolonial Memories
Colonial Histories, Postcolonial Memories
No other North African legend had been adopted, transformed, and used by as many social groups as that of the Kahina myth. In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the role the my...
History, Collective Memories, or National Memories?
History, Collective Memories, or National Memories?
This chapter analyzes differences between memory and history stemming from a theoretical distinction between romantic and idealized goals and enlightened and critical understanding...
Luxury Philosophy
Luxury Philosophy
Luxury has been associated with superficiality, consumerism and meaninglessness throughout the history of serious philosophical thought.How could something so obviously about the e...
On the British Reception of Ken Russell’s Mahler
On the British Reception of Ken Russell’s Mahler
Ken Russell’s Mahler (1974) constitutes aesthetically and historically one of the most idiosyncratic and rewarding composer biopics. With a train as locus of the diegesis, the narr...
Corporal Ignorance
Corporal Ignorance
Focusing on an incident in which a follower of Jesus severs the ear of the high priest’s slave, I argue that Christian communities formed around embodied memories of the wounded Je...
Authenticity
Authenticity
Chapter 2 investigates a case in which large segments of the public praised a deeply suspect act of witnessing without critical scrutiny. Questions of historical authenticity (as w...