Archive that, comrade! : left legacies and the counter culture of remembrance / Phil Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Philip, 1943- author.

Series:

Kairos (PM Press (Firm))

Kairos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archives users.

Archives--Political aspects.

Archives.

Archives--Social aspects.

Memory--Political aspects.

Memory.

Right and left (Political science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : PM Press, [2018]

Summary:

Phil Cohen's 'Archive That, Comrade!' delves into the legacies of leftist movements and the counterculture of remembrance, exploring how archives shape our understanding of history and memory. The book examines the political, social, and cultural factors influencing what is remembered or forgotten, emphasizing the importance of archives in preserving marginalized histories. Cohen reflects on his personal experiences in the 1960s London underground scene, providing insights into the political and social changes over decades. Aimed at scholars and students of social sciences, anthropology, and history, the book encourages readers to critically engage with the politics of memory and archival practices. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Half Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Moot Points

Archive Fever: Coming in from the Cold?

Counter Culture: Then and Now

Ten Days That Shook My World: Remembering 144 Piccadilly between Spectacle and Trauma

In My End Is Others' Beginning: Left Legacy Politics and the Dialectic of Generations

Winners and Losers

Let Us Now Praise Famous People: Paradigms of Remembrance and the Twin Cultures of Modernity

Fame Academies

On Memes and other Mnemonic Devices

Technologies of Immortality

Towards a Theory of Archival Genres

A Tale of Two Archives

Between Realpolitik and Dingpolitik: The Living Archive in a 'Post-information' Age

The Adoptive Archive: A Thought Experiment

Left Field and the Quest for Uncommon Ground

Lest We Remember, Lest We Forget: On Iconoclasm and the Problematics of Silence

Archival In/Disciplines

Curating the Anarchive

Not Everyone Will Be Taken into the Future

The Arc of Memory

Postscript: The Politics of False Memory in the Age of 'Post-Truth'

Notes

Further Reading

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781629635316

1629635316

OCLC:

1032810340