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Memory for Forgetfulness

Author : Mahmoud Darwish
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520273044
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Memory for Forgetfulness written by Mahmoud Darwish and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage. Ibrahim Muhawi's translation beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity. Sinan Antoon’s foreword, written expressly for this edition, sets Darwish’s work in the context of changes in the Middle East in the past thirty years.

Forgetting

Author : Scott A. Small
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0593136195
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Forgetting written by Scott A. Small and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating and useful . . . The distinguished memory researcher Scott A. Small explains why forgetfulness is not only normal but also beneficial.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of The Code Breaker and Leonardo da Vinci Who wouldn’t want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience every day, appears in sharp relief. Until recently, most everyone—memory scientists included—believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. Forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It’s not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us—and, alongside memory, it is a required function for our minds to work best. Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As frustrating as a typical lapse can be, it’s precisely what opens up our minds to making better decisions, experiencing joy and relationships, and flourishing artistically. From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned decision-making expert Daniel Kahneman, Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings into illuminating context while also revealing groundbreaking developments about Alzheimer’s disease. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good.

Memory, History, Forgetting

Author : Paul Ricoeur
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226713466
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Memory, History, Forgetting written by Paul Ricoeur and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do major historical events such as the Holocaust occupy the forefront of the collective consciousness, while profound moments such as the Armenian genocide, the McCarthy era, and France's role in North Africa stand distantly behind? Is it possible that history "overly remembers" some events at the expense of others? A landmark work in philosophy, Paul Ricoeur's Memory, History, Forgetting examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. Memory, History, Forgetting, like its title, is divided into three major sections. Ricoeur first takes a phenomenological approach to memory and mnemonical devices. The underlying question here is how a memory of present can be of something absent, the past. The second section addresses recent work by historians by reopening the question of the nature and truth of historical knowledge. Ricoeur explores whether historians, who can write a history of memory, can truly break with all dependence on memory, including memories that resist representation. The third and final section is a profound meditation on the necessity of forgetting as a condition for the possibility of remembering, and whether there can be something like happy forgetting in parallel to happy memory. Throughout the book there are careful and close readings of the texts of Aristotle and Plato, of Descartes and Kant, and of Halbwachs and Pierre Nora. A momentous achievement in the career of one of the most significant philosophers of our age, Memory, History, Forgetting provides the crucial link between Ricoeur's Time and Narrative and Oneself as Another and his recent reflections on ethics and the problems of responsibility and representation. “His success in revealing the internal relations between recalling and forgetting, and how this dynamic becomes problematic in light of events once present but now past, will inspire academic dialogue and response but also holds great appeal to educated general readers in search of both method for and insight from considering the ethical ramifications of modern events. . . . It is indeed a master work, not only in Ricoeur’s own vita but also in contemporary European philosophy.”—Library Journal “Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy—critical, economical, and clear.”— New York Times Book Review

In Praise of Forgetting

Author : David Rieff
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300182791
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Forgetting written by David Rieff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Today, the consensus that it is moral to remember, immoral to forget, is nearly absolute. And yet is this right? David Rieff, an independent writer who has reported on bloody conflicts in Africa, the Balkans, and Central Asia, insists that things are not so simple. He poses hard questions about whether remembrance ever truly has, or indeed ever could, "inoculate" the present against repeating the crimes of the past. He argues that rubbing raw historical wounds--whether self-inflicted or imposed by outside forces--neither remedies injustice nor confers reconciliation. If he is right, then historical memory is not a moral imperative but rather a moral option--sometimes called for, sometimes not. Collective remembrance can be toxic. Sometimes, Rieff concludes, it may be more moral to forget. Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times--the Irish Troubles and the Easter Uprising of 1916, the white settlement of Australia, the American Civil War, the Balkan wars, the Holocaust, and 9/11--Rieff presents a pellucid examination of the uses and abuses of historical memory. His contentious, brilliant, and elegant essay is an indispensable work of moral philosophy.

Stop Forgetting

Author : Bruno Furst
Publisher : Main Street Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385154017
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Stop Forgetting written by Bruno Furst and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 1979-08-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides general exercises in memory training and offers solutions to memory problems in various professions

Remember

Author : Lisa Genova
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1838954163
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis Remember by : Lisa Genova

Download or read book Remember written by Lisa Genova and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times bestseller* 'Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory' - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and bestselling author of How The Mind Works 'No one writes more brilliantly about the connections between the brain, the mind, and the heart. Remember is a beautiful, fascinating, and important book about the mysteries of human memory - what it is, how it works, and what happens when it is stolen from us. A scientific and literary treat that you will not soon forget.' - Daniel Gilbert ( New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness) Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human. In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. In explaining whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds while others can last a lifetime, we're shown the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). Remember shows us how to create a better relationship with our memory - so we no longer have to fear it any more, which can be life-changing.

Forgetfulness

Author : Ward Just
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618918492
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Forgetfulness written by Ward Just and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justs most gripping, insightful, and nuanced novel yet shows the corrosive effects of war and its unexpected consequences for the individual conscience.

Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia

Author : Andrew E. Budson
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323316107
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (233 download)

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Book Synopsis Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia by : Andrew E. Budson

Download or read book Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia written by Andrew E. Budson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now presented in full color, this updated edition of Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia is designed as a practical guide for clinicians that delivers the latest treatment approaches and research findings for dementia and related illnesses. Drs. Budson and Solomon — both key leaders in the field — cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations and laboratory and imaging studies, giving you the tools you need to consistently make accurate diagnoses in this rapidly growing area. Access in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest treatment approaches. Detailed case studies facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions. Comprehensive coverage of hot topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in addition to new criteria on vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment. Includes new National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Learn how to use new diagnostic tests, such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients. Updated case studies, many complete with videos illustrating common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features, are now incorporated into the main text as clinical vignettes for all major disorders. Brand-new chapters on how to approach the differential diagnosis and on primary progressive aphasia. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

A Primer for Forgetting

Author : Lewis Hyde
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374710147
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book A Primer for Forgetting written by Lewis Hyde and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of our true superstars of nonfiction” (David Foster Wallace), Lewis Hyde offers a playful and inspiring defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche. We live in a culture that prizes memory—how much we can store, the quality of what’s preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if forgetfulness were seen not as something to fear—be it in the form of illness or simple absentmindedness—but rather as a blessing, a balm, a path to peace and rebirth? A Primer for Forgetting is a remarkable experiment in scholarship, autobiography, and social criticism by the author of the classics The Gift and Trickster Makes This World. It forges a new vision of forgetfulness by assembling fragments of art and writing from the ancient world to the modern, weighing the potential boons forgetfulness might offer the present moment as a creative and political force. It also turns inward, using the author’s own life and memory as a canvas upon which to extol the virtues of a concept too long taken as an evil. Drawing material from Hesiod to Jorge Luis Borges to Elizabeth Bishop to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from myths and legends to very real and recent traumas both personal and historical, A Primer for Forgetting is a unique and remarkable synthesis that only Lewis Hyde could have produced.

Memory

Author : Barry Gordon
Publisher : Mastermedia Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781571010735
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Memory written by Barry Gordon and published by Mastermedia Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Gordon explains the difference between a real memory impairment and the normal absent-mindedness that occasionally affects us all--especially as we age. Memory offers simple strategies for dealing with age-related memory loss, based on fascinating and informative research findings.

Seven Steps to Managing Your Aging Memory

Author : Andrew E. Budson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197632424
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Seven Steps to Managing Your Aging Memory written by Andrew E. Budson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Is your memory normal? To answer that question we need to start with a different question: What is normal memory? In Step 1 we will learn about the problems that are part of normal memory. One thing that makes memory loss tricky, however, is that the difference between normal and abnormal memory isn't necessarily the type of problems that occur but rather the frequency and severity of those problems. Nonetheless, in order for us to begin to help you know if your memory is normal or not, we need to first tell you about the memory errors that can happen to anyone of any age and then let you know what changes occur to memory as we get older"--

Forgetting

Author : Michael W. Eysenck
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529730171
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Forgetting written by Michael W. Eysenck and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgetting is the most obvious feature of human memory, whether this is everyday forgetfulness, like leaving your keys at home, or more serious medical conditions, such as amnesia. Forgetting: Explaining Memory Failure uses the most up-to-date evidence available to examine the psychological processes behind these extremes and everything in between. It explores why we have so little recollection of our childhood lives, as well as why we may create false memories of events that never happened. In this book, Michael Eysenck & David Groome use cutting-edge research to examine one of the central issues in the study of memory: forgetting. It challenges assumptions about the processing of memory, offering insights into key debates, as well as providing readers with the critical skills to develop their own conclusions on the topic. With chapters from leading figures, this book also emphasises the positive aspects of forgetting, an important and often overlooked area in the field.

Forgetting

Author : Douwe Draaisma
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300213956
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Forgetting written by Douwe Draaisma and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his highly praised book The Nostalgia Factory, renowned memory scholar Douwe Draaisma explored the puzzling logic of memory in later life with humor and deep insight. In this compelling new book he turns to the “miracle” of forgetting. Far from being a defect that may indicate Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, Draaisma claims, forgetting is one of memory’s crucial capacities. In fact, forgetting is essential. Weaving together an engaging array of literary, historical, and scientific sources, the author considers forgetting from every angle. He pierces false clichés and asks important questions: Is a forgotten memory lost forever? What makes a colleague remember an idea but forget that it was yours? Draaisma explores “first memories” of young children, how experiences are translated into memory, the controversies over repression and “recovered” memories, and weird examples of memory dysfunction. He movingly examines the impact on personal memories when a hidden truth comes to light. In a persuasive conclusion the author advocates the undervalued practice of “the art of forgetting”—a set of techniques that assist in erasing memories, thereby preserving valuable relationships and encouraging personal contentment.

Memory for Forgetfulness

Author : Mahmoud Darwish
Publisher : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
ISBN 13 : 6020634744
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Memory for Forgetfulness written by Mahmoud Darwish and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahmoud Darwish adalah penyair dan penulis Palestina yang telah memenangkan banyak penghargaan untuk karya-karyanya. Memory for Forgetfulness adalah puisi prosa tentang peristiwa pengepungan dan pengeboman Beirut oleh Israel pada tahun 1982. Bagi Darwish, Beirut lebih dari sekadar kota. Beirut adalah ruang budaya/politik yang bergelora, kaya, dan kompleks, tempat bagi semua orang yang tak punya tanah air. Beirut adalah rumah angkatnya dan kerinduannya kepada Beirut tak pernah pupus. Dalam Memory for Forgetfulness, Darwish menggambarkan dengan sangat hidup berbagai pemandangan dan suara-suara di dalam kota yang tengah mengalami pengepungan mencekam. Sementara pesawat-pesawat tempur menjerit-jerit di langit, Darwish menjelajahi jalanan-jalanan Beirut yang dikoyak-koyak perang melalui suatu perenungan: Apa makna sebuah pengasingan? Apa peran seorang penulis dalam masa-masa perang? Apa kaitan antara menulis (mengingat) dan sejarah (melupakan)? Secara implisit Darwish menghubungkan aktivitas menulis dengan tanah air, makna, dan perlawanan dalam suatu karya yang ironis dan padat, cerdas, dan penuh amarah.

Combating Memory Loss

Author : Stephanie Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879620889
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Combating Memory Loss written by Stephanie Watson and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memory problems are common as we age. Often simple forgetfulness is brought on by normal wear and tear on the brain. But for some people, a fading memory may be an indication of physical problems -- such as thyroid problems or nutritional deficiencies -- or neurological disorders affecting cognition -- such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or vascular dementia. These are not normal accompaniments to aging, and they require treatment. This report will help you understand how normal memory works, and why it is important to everyday functioning. It will cover factors that interfere with memory and suggest steps that may help you overcome them and strengthen your powers of recall. It also will describe memory problems that require medical intervention, and provide information on risk factors, symptoms and available treatments.

Memory Tips & Tricks

Author : Calistoga Press
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1623153786
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Memory Tips & Tricks written by Calistoga Press and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boost your brainpower with Memory Tips & Tricks. Like any other muscle in your body, your brain requires exercise to stay in shape and perform at its peak. Unfortunately, factors such as age, stress, and poor diet can contribute to permanent memory loss. Memory Tips & Tricks will explain the way memory works, and show you how to effectively combat memory loss. With simple techniques, you will be able to increase the capacity of your short-term memory, move new information into your long-term memory, and improve your ability to access stored memories throughout your life. A practical guide to memory improvement, Memory Tips & Tricks will teach you how to enhance the power of your brain, with: Memory tools, tips, and techniques developed by leading experts, from an ancient Roman poet to modern psychiatrists A brief overview of memory, including the most recognized and trusted memory tests used by psychologists and neurologists 7 proven exercises for improving memory Effective methods used by the top memory champions to win world championships 20 foods and vitamins to boost your memory and improve cognition A guide to understanding memory, Memory Tips & Tricks offers effective and powerful tips and techniques for enhancing your memory and keeping your brain fit.

Access to God in Augustine's Confessions

Author : Carl G. Vaught
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791464106
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Access to God in Augustine's Confessions written by Carl G. Vaught and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing his groundbreaking reappraisal of the Confessions, Carl G. Vaught shows how Augustine's solutions to philosophical and theological problems emerge and discusses the longstanding question of the work's unity.