Preface to the English Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the English Edition vii
4. Chapter One. Of Memory and Time 1
5. Chapter Two. The Present Breathes Through History 11
6. Chapter Three. For an Urgent Typology of Memory 43
7. Chapter Four. We Need to Start Defending Ourselves from the Past 75
8. Chapter Five. More About Traumas, Calamities, and Catastrophes 97
9. By Way of an Epilogue: A Future with Not Much Future (or About How the Perplexity of the Will Is Possible) 111
10. Notes 123
11. Index 147
12. Backmatter 157