Ghosh, Ranjan.

Presence : Philosophy, History, and Cultural Theory for the Twenty-First Century. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages)

Presence -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Presence in Absentia -- 2. Be Here Now: Mimesis and the History of Repre sentation -- 3. Meaning, Truth, and Phenomenology -- 4. Of Photographs, Puns, and Presence -- 5. The Public Rendition of Images Médusées: Exhibiting Souvenir Photographs Taken at Lynchings in America -- 6. The Presence of Immigrants, or Why Mexicans and Arabs Look Alike -- 7. Transcultural Presence -- 8. "It Disturbs Me with a Presence": Hindu History and What Meaning Cannot Convey -- 9. The Presence and Conceptualization of Contemporary Protesting Crowds -- Epilogue: Presence Continuous -- Notes -- Contributors.

This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of contributors to explore the possibilities and limitations of presence from a variety of perspectives.

9780801469206


Philosophy and civilization.
Presence (Philosophy).
Representation (Philosophy).


Electronic books.

BD355

901