Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 170
Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-78661-318-9 • Hardback • September 2023 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
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Ronald Durán-Allimant is professor of philosophy at the University of Playa Ancha. His main research interests are the philosophical study of nature, time, and life incorporating scientific and technological ideas, and their ethical and political dimensions.
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Dynamic View of Memory, Culture, and Technology
Chapter 2. Material Memory, Technology, and Cultural Heritage
Chapter 3. Material Memory and Technical Images
Chapter 4. Memory and Oblivion 1: Technological Somnambulism and the Material Memory of Things
Chapter 5. Memory and Oblivion 2: The Technical Production of Nature
Glossary
Acknowledgements
References
About the Author
Ronald Durán Allimant makes a first-rate contribution to the phenomenology of artifacts and material culture. His conception of memory as a dynamic process in interaction with things brings a fresh perspective to both the philosophy of technology and practical notions of cultural heritage.
— Fernando Broncano, professor of philosophy, University Carlos III de Madrid
Allimant challenges us to consider memory in its material dimension. Analyzing how technical artifacts and images are imbued with memories and history, he offers a rousing conclusion as to how we might mobilize the memory of things to reconsider both the relation between mind and matter, and between nature and culture.
— Caterina Zanfi, CNRS, École normale supérieure Paris