Oblivionism: Forgetting and Forgetfulness in Modern Science - Hardcover

Dimbath, Oliver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3770565738 ISBN 13: 9783770565733

Publisher: Brill U Fink, 2021

Synopsis

The book offers a fundamental view on the problem of forgetting in sociology in general and within sociology of knowledge. Furthermore it focuses - as a case study - on the field of modern science. With recourse to the term oblivionism', originally introduced with ironic-critical intent by the german romance scholar Harald Weinrich, it analyzes the fundamental and multifaceted problem of the loss of knowledge in the field of science. A declarative-reflective, an incorporated-practical and an objectified-technical memory motif is at the centre. These form the basis for the development of the three forms of forgetting that are also central to modern science: forgetfulness, wanting to forget and, ultimately, making one forget.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill U Fink
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3770565738
• ISBN 13: 9783770565733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320