{"product_id":"history-of-the-present-the-contemporary-and-its-culture-paperback","title":"History of the Present: The Contemporary and Its Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the demise of the grand narrative of European modernity. That once commanding narrative located the meaning of the past in the present and the meaning of the present in an ever-receding future. Today, instead, the present defines both the past and the future. The 'contemporary' has replaced 'modern' and 'post-modern' self-understandings. The times of the past and the future have been transformed into versions of 'now' while the present has acquired its own history. \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Present\u003c\/i\u003e describes the emergence of this 'contemporary' historical consciousness across a wide spectrum of cultural phenomena ranging from historiography to heritage and museum studies, and from the globalization of the novel to the rise of science fiction. The culture of the 'contemporary' appears particularly clearly in the merging of high and low culture along with art and fashion. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and social theory, museum and heritage studies, and literary history and criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures at Monash University, Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArt and Enlightenment: Aesthetic Theory after Adorno\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Total Work of Art in European Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, the co-author of \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Critique of Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, the editor of \u003cem\u003eReconstructing Theory: Gadamer, Habermas, Luhmann\u003c\/em\u003e, and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eComic Relations: Studies in the Comic, Satire and Parody\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783173800224,"sku":"9780367530969","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c259d30fafed8bfed70ce3d3e04b22bf.webp?v=1780581922","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/history-of-the-present-the-contemporary-and-its-culture-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}