10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESENTISM»
Discover the use of
presentism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
presentism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Future for
Presentism
How can we talk meaningfully about the past if it does not exist to be talked about?
2
Presentism: essential readings
Detailed introductions to each part of the book make the discussions accessible to students and those unfamiliar with this fascinating and controversial philosophy.
Ernâni Magalhães, L. Nathan Oaklander, 2010
3
Presentism, gender, and sexuality in Shakespeare
This collection of essays by an international group of prominent scholars explores, for the first time, the implications of presentism for issues of sexual orientation and gender in Shakespeares texts.
4
Shakespeare in the Present
This is a stunning collection of essays by Terence Hawkes, which engage with, explain, and explore 'presentism', a new notion of literary criticism.
5
Shakespeare Survey: Volume 58, Writing about Shakespeare
It reflects on presentism: a strategy of interpreting texts in relation to current affairs
which challenges the dominant fashion of reading Shakespeare historically.
Where new historicism emphasizes historical difference, presentism proceeds by
...
6
Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical ...
Christian W ̈uthrich Abstract This essay offers a reaction to the recent
resurgence of presentism in the philosophy of time. What is of particular interest
in this renaissance is that a number of recent arguments supporting presentism
are crafted ...
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The persistence of
presentism and the struggle for lasting ...
Why is this? What are the consequences? What should be done? Drawing on his own recent research evidence from England, these are the challenging questions that Professor Hargreaves addresses in his lecture.
8
A Dialectical Psychology
In spite of the above important cautionary note regarding Stocking's
recommendation, the spirit of his essay is towards the development of what has
been called here a "critical presentism." As such, it is part of a growing self-
consciousness on ...
9
Time, Tense, and Reference
12. In. Defense. of. Presentism. William Lane Craig 12.1 Introduction Having
emptied his barrels on the partisans of the tenseless or B-theory of time in his
Language and Time, Quentin Smith now turns his guns upon his A-theoretical ...
Aleksandar Jokić, Quentin Smith, 2003
10
Beyond '
Presentism': Re-imagining the Historical, Personal, ...
Precisely titled, this powerful collection constitutes a "chronotope," an erudite enactment of interstices within and among historical time, spiritual place, and political culture, a recollection focused forward to those "hybrid" ...
James Nahachewsky, Ingrid Johnston, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESENTISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
presentism is used in the context of the following news items.
Part 1 of a five-part series
Let's look at this claim, but not through deconstructionist history, where interpretations can be subject to what historians refer to as “presentism,” ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
History gives the present a royal salute
What historians call “presentism” is very comforting – we get to feel superior in our anachronistic imposition of modern-day values and ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
Providence Fringe Fest: 100 artists, 50 performances, 5 days
If you have two free nights for the festival, catch "Presentism: A Gay Fairy Tale" — Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Aurora — to see what happens when ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
Canzano: Phil Knight and Paul Allen get an annual heat check
Sports fans (and especially sports writers) are afflicted with something called "presentism." We operate as if nothing from the past could have ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
Scapegoating Cornwallis: Who are we to judge history?
This phenomenon has become so common that it has even been given a name: “Presentism” is the anachronistic introduction of present-day ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
General Lee is a trickier call than rebel flag
Moreover, we shouldn't be overly guilty of the sin of “presentism,” judging historical figures by contemporary standards. The case against Lee ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
Corporate Wellness – defining the value
Harvard Studies have shown that absenteeism, presentism, cost of workers' compensation, lost time injuries, staff turnover, productivity, wellness program ... «Business News, Jul 15»
Obstacles to International Studies in India
These are “presentism, or the tendency to view the past in terms of the present; ahistorism, or the insistence that there are trans-historical ... «Economic and Political Weekly, Jul 15»
The story of history: less violence & better societies
Some things we see well, such as near-abolition of slavery and the improved lot of women (somewhat masked by presentism in fictional ... «The Fabius Maximus website, Jun 15»
David Brooks: The Robert E. Lee problem
Moreover we shouldn't be overly guilty of the sin of “presentism,” judging historical figures by contemporary standards. The case against Lee ... «Centre Daily Times, Jun 15»
