An edition of Public forgetting
(2010)
Public forgetting
the rhetoric and politics of beginning again
by Bradford Vivian
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"Reconsiders the negative status attributed to forgetting in both academic and popular discussions of public memory. Demonstrates how a community may adopt idioms of forgetting in order to create new and beneficial standards of public judgment concerning the lessons and responsibilities of its shared past"--Provided by publisher.
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Public forgetting: the rhetoric and politics of beginning again
2010, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271036656 9780271036656
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Public Forgetting: The Rhetoric and Politics of Beginning Again
2010, Pennsylvania State University Press
in English
0271036664 9780271036663
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Forgetting in public life : an idiomatic history of the present
The two rivers, past and present
Forgetting without oblivion
Public forgetting : alternate histories, new heuristics
Hallowed ground, hollow memory : rhetorical form and commemorative politics
On September 11, 2002
Historical forgetting : John W. Draper and the rhetorical dimensions of history
Cultural forgetting : the "timeless now" of nomadic memories
Moral and political forgetting : Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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