
Forgetting
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Moving from the fear of Alzheimer's to invocations of 'Remember the Holocaust' and 'Remember Kosovo' by unscrupulous demagogues, from the burial rituals of rural societies to the Berlin and Vienna Holocaust Memorials, from eighteenth-century disquiet about the role of tombs and inscriptions to the late poems of Wallace Stevens, Josipovici has produced, in characteristic style, a small book with a very big punch.
Gabriel Josipovici's novel The Cemetery in Barnes (2018) was shortlisted for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize and longlisted for the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize.
Reviews / Votes
'... a fascinating book of reflections on memory and forgetting... This mix of detailed readings has been typical of Josipovici's critical work... It is what has made him one of the outstanding critics of our time.'David Herman, The Jewish Chronicle 'As always, Josipovici asks big questions. Why, as a culture, are we fascinated by issues of forgetting? Is there something a little anxious about the injunction to "never forget"?'
David Herman, The Jewish Chronicle 'Forgetting is second to none on the demands of the present when it comes to our cultural memory. Josipovici writes generously, with deep consideration and empathy, on the subject and has written an enlightening collection that serves as both consolation and a warning during this time of crisis.'
Jack Solloway, Review 31 'To call it a "success" would be praise too simple for such a rich work. It is a book to be remembered and re-remembered'
Scott Beauchamp, The New Criterion 'Josipovici is at his best in his dissections of art's representations, its bridges between personal and cultural worlds.'
Bernadette Ashby, DURA Dundee 'In prose that is lively and learned, perceptive and persuasive, Josipovici's timely meditations proffer both consolation and challenges to the knotty problem of forgetting and remembering...[a] slim yet insightful volume.'
Ian Ellison, Journal of European Studies 'Gabriel Josipovici provides an elegant lesson, to cite the title of his final chapter, in letting go'
Ben Hutchinson, Times Literary Supplement
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- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- I. The Fear of Forgetting
- II. Only He Who Forgets Remembers
- III. 'Remember Kosovo!' 'Remember Auschwitz!'
- IV. Reticence and Repression
- V. Nietzsche and the Need for Sleep
- Interlude: An Act of Destruction
- VI. The Burial of the Dead (1)
- VII. Tombstones, Inscriptions
- VIII. 'Who is the Man Sitting on General Gordon?'
- IX. Memorial Monuments
- Interlude: I Examine a Photograph in a Newspaper
- X. The Burial of the Dead (2)
- XI. Hauntings
- XII. Letting Go
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