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Marking the Mind: A History of Memory | 
 enlarge | Author: Kurt Danziger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 146155
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0521726417
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.1209
EAN: 9780521726412
ASIN: 0521726417
Publication Date: October 20, 2008
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Product Description
Memory is one of the few psychological concepts with a truly ancient lineage. Presenting a history of the interrelated changes in memory tasks, memory technology and ideas about memory from antiquity to the late twentieth century, this book confronts psychology's 'short present' with its 'long past'. Kurt Danziger, one of the most influential historians of psychology of recent times, traces long-term continuities from ancient mnemonics and tools of inscription to modern memory experiments and computer storage. He explores historical discontinuities, showing how different kinds of memory became prominent at different times, and examines these changes in the context of specific themes including the question of truth in memory, distinctions between kinds of memory, the project of memory experimentation and the physical localization and conceptual location of memory. Daniziger's unique approach provides a historical perspective for understanding varieties of reproduction, narratives of the self and short-term memory.
Book Description
From one of the most influential historians of psychology comes a challenging exposé on the history of memory; one of the most significant and fascinating areas in the discipline. Extensively referenced and elegantly written, Danziger draws from areas as diverse as philosophy, medicine and the history of science.
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