{"product_id":"9781350152236","title":"Proust, Photography, and the Time of Life Ravaisson, Bergson, and Simmel","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProust, Photography, and the Time of Life\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRavaisson, Bergson, and Simmel\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSuzanne Guerlac\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging traditional readings of \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Things Past\u003c\/i\u003e, Suzanne Guerlac offers a unique angle on the text, arguing that Proust does not record the dead time of recollection, but the effervescent time of becoming and the complex vitality of the real as it was encapsulated by three philosophers contemporary with Proust, Felix Ravaisson, Henri Bergson and Georg Simmel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is this openness to the present moment   that makes it hard for both the fictional hero and Proust himself to stop   writing. By placing Proust's novel within a web of money and contemporary   popular culture such as commercial photography, photojournalism, pornography,   the regulation of prostitution and the Dreyfus Affair, Guerlac reveals that   Proust's motivation was not the recuperation of lost time, but the great   adventure of living in the present moment, at a definite historical moment   and on an individual and social level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSuzanne Guerlac\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of French at   Berkeley University, USA. Her research interests include 19th- and   20th-century literature, literature and philosophy and contemporary cultural   criticism. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eLiterary   Polemics:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBataille, Sartre, Valéry,   Breton\u003c\/i\u003e; \"La Transgression et le rêve de la théorie\" in \u003ci\u003eDe Tel Quel à L'Infini\u003c\/i\u003e; and   \"Maurice Barrès et la poétique de l'Identité\" in\u003ci\u003e Revue des Sciences Humaines \u003c\/i\u003e(2000).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350152236\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332844388492,"sku":"9781350152236","price":32.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_74fe4f26-9757-4476-a9fc-e3991c640e71.jpg?v=1783606715","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350152236","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}