Presence: Philosophy, History, and Cultural Theory for the Twenty-First Century

"Presence offers a timely constellation of essays addressing the recent turn toward presence in various disciplines, notably aesthetics, literary criticism, philosophy, and history. The interacting essays in this volume provide an informed, thought-provoking, sometimes contestable, and at points uncannily defamiliarizing guide to the sinuous, many-sided turn to presence."
―Dominick LaCapra, Cornell University, author of History, Literature, Critical Theory

The philosophy of "presence" seeks t...