What is the present?:
A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the pr...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Princeton ; Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2018]
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Zusammenfassung: | A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now-but how can we tell without first knowing what the here and now actually is? What Is the Present? takes a provocative new look at this moment in time that remains a mystery even though it is always with us.Michael North tackles puzzles that have preoccupied philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, history, and aesthetic theory and examines the complex role of the present in painting, fiction, and film. He engages with a range of thinkers, from Aristotle and Augustine to William James and Henri Bergson. He draws illuminating examples from artists such as Fra Angelico and Richard McGuire, filmmakers like D. W. Griffith and Christopher Nolan, and novelists such as Elizabeth Bowen and Willa Cather. North offers a critical analysis of previous models of the present, from the experiential present to the historical period we call the contemporary. He argues that the present is not a cosmological or experiential fact but a metaphor, a figurative relationship with the whole of time. Presenting an entirely new conception of the temporal mystery Georg Lukacs called the "unexplained instant," What Is the Present? explores how the arts have traditionally represented the present-and also how artists have offered radical alternatives to that tradition |
| Beschreibung: | v, 209 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780691179698 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV045004467 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20190116 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 180613s2018 a||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691179698 |c hardback : £24.00 |9 978-0-691-17969-8 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1045017546 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV045004467 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-29 |a DE-11 |a DE-M468 |a DE-355 | ||
| 084 | |a CC 6320 |0 (DE-625)17656: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a North, Michael |d 1951- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)173839649 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a What is the present? |c Michael North |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton ; Oxford |b Princeton University Press |c [2018] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c © 2018 | |
| 300 | |a v, 209 Seiten |b Illustrationen | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now-but how can we tell without first knowing what the here and now actually is? What Is the Present? takes a provocative new look at this moment in time that remains a mystery even though it is always with us.Michael North tackles puzzles that have preoccupied philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, history, and aesthetic theory and examines the complex role of the present in painting, fiction, and film. He engages with a range of thinkers, from Aristotle and Augustine to William James and Henri Bergson. He draws illuminating examples from artists such as Fra Angelico and Richard McGuire, filmmakers like D. W. Griffith and Christopher Nolan, and novelists such as Elizabeth Bowen and Willa Cather. North offers a critical analysis of previous models of the present, from the experiential present to the historical period we call the contemporary. He argues that the present is not a cosmological or experiential fact but a metaphor, a figurative relationship with the whole of time. Presenting an entirely new conception of the temporal mystery Georg Lukacs called the "unexplained instant," What Is the Present? explores how the arts have traditionally represented the present-and also how artists have offered radical alternatives to that tradition | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Zeit |0 (DE-588)4067461-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Gegenwart |0 (DE-588)4156301-3 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 653 | 0 | |a Time and art | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Time in art | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Gegenwart |0 (DE-588)4156301-3 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Zeit |0 (DE-588)4067461-7 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030396544&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030396544 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804178611922534400 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | CONTENTS
Introduction 1
PART ONE
1 This Point in Time 21
2 The Search for the Experiential Present 40
3 The Longest Now: A History of the Historical Present 66
PART TWO
4 The Present in Pictures 89
5 Narrative and the “Unexplained Instant” 109
6 The Cinematic Present from Intolerance to Interstellar 136
Conclusion: Here and Now 167
Notes 179
Index 205
v
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | North, Michael 1951- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)173839649 |
| author_facet | North, Michael 1951- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | North, Michael 1951- |
| author_variant | m n mn |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV045004467 |
| classification_rvk | CC 6320 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1045017546 (DE-599)BVBBV045004467 |
| discipline | Philosophie |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03208nam a2200409 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV045004467</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20190116 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">180613s2018 a||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780691179698</subfield><subfield code="c">hardback : £24.00</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-691-17969-8</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1045017546</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV045004467</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-29</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-11</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-M468</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-355</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">CC 6320</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)17656:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">North, Michael</subfield><subfield code="d">1951-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)173839649</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">What is the present?</subfield><subfield code="c">Michael North</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton ; Oxford</subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2018]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">© 2018</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">v, 209 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now-but how can we tell without first knowing what the here and now actually is? What Is the Present? takes a provocative new look at this moment in time that remains a mystery even though it is always with us.Michael North tackles puzzles that have preoccupied philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, history, and aesthetic theory and examines the complex role of the present in painting, fiction, and film. He engages with a range of thinkers, from Aristotle and Augustine to William James and Henri Bergson. He draws illuminating examples from artists such as Fra Angelico and Richard McGuire, filmmakers like D. W. Griffith and Christopher Nolan, and novelists such as Elizabeth Bowen and Willa Cather. North offers a critical analysis of previous models of the present, from the experiential present to the historical period we call the contemporary. He argues that the present is not a cosmological or experiential fact but a metaphor, a figurative relationship with the whole of time. Presenting an entirely new conception of the temporal mystery Georg Lukacs called the "unexplained instant," What Is the Present? explores how the arts have traditionally represented the present-and also how artists have offered radical alternatives to that tradition</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Zeit</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4067461-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Gegenwart</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4156301-3</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Time and art</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Time in art</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Gegenwart</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4156301-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Zeit</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4067461-7</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030396544&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030396544</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV045004467 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T08:06:44Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780691179698 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-030396544 |
| oclc_num | 1045017546 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-29 DE-11 DE-M468 DE-355 DE-BY-UBR |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-29 DE-11 DE-M468 DE-355 DE-BY-UBR |
| physical | v, 209 Seiten Illustrationen |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publishDateSearch | 2018 |
| publishDateSort | 2018 |
| publisher | Princeton University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | North, Michael 1951- Verfasser (DE-588)173839649 aut What is the present? Michael North Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2018] © 2018 v, 209 Seiten Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now-but how can we tell without first knowing what the here and now actually is? What Is the Present? takes a provocative new look at this moment in time that remains a mystery even though it is always with us.Michael North tackles puzzles that have preoccupied philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, history, and aesthetic theory and examines the complex role of the present in painting, fiction, and film. He engages with a range of thinkers, from Aristotle and Augustine to William James and Henri Bergson. He draws illuminating examples from artists such as Fra Angelico and Richard McGuire, filmmakers like D. W. Griffith and Christopher Nolan, and novelists such as Elizabeth Bowen and Willa Cather. North offers a critical analysis of previous models of the present, from the experiential present to the historical period we call the contemporary. He argues that the present is not a cosmological or experiential fact but a metaphor, a figurative relationship with the whole of time. Presenting an entirely new conception of the temporal mystery Georg Lukacs called the "unexplained instant," What Is the Present? explores how the arts have traditionally represented the present-and also how artists have offered radical alternatives to that tradition Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd rswk-swf Zeit (DE-588)4067461-7 gnd rswk-swf Gegenwart (DE-588)4156301-3 gnd rswk-swf Time and art Time in art Gegenwart (DE-588)4156301-3 s Zeit (DE-588)4067461-7 s Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 s DE-604 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030396544&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | North, Michael 1951- What is the present? Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Zeit (DE-588)4067461-7 gnd Gegenwart (DE-588)4156301-3 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4045791-6 (DE-588)4067461-7 (DE-588)4156301-3 |
| title | What is the present? |
| title_auth | What is the present? |
| title_exact_search | What is the present? |
| title_full | What is the present? Michael North |
| title_fullStr | What is the present? Michael North |
| title_full_unstemmed | What is the present? Michael North |
| title_short | What is the present? |
| title_sort | what is the present |
| topic | Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Zeit (DE-588)4067461-7 gnd Gegenwart (DE-588)4156301-3 gnd |
| topic_facet | Philosophie Zeit Gegenwart |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=030396544&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT northmichael whatisthepresent |