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Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht’s new book, Our Broad Present, outlines a present of simultaneities, a present that is trapped between a threatening future that can no longer be planned, and a past that overwhelms us.
Gumbrecht’s precise diagnosis of time is the result of constant reflection and curious observation. In his analysis, he changes back and forth between deliberations on language philosophy and everyday observations. His meditations on Disneyland, a small town in Louisiana or the centre of Vienna at the time of the World Cup are apt sketches of the hic et nunc, but at the same time, they always serve as elaborations of a general description of the chronotopes in which we live: they are reports about ourselves and our broad present.»In his newly published book, the Stanford professor transforms everyday observations – whether at a sporting event, a trip to Disneyland, or a visit to the library – into occasions for contemporary analysis. And in doing so, he revels in an illuminating, envelope-pushing rhetoric that gives his criticism linguistic clarity. « Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
»Gumbrecht’s latest book is […] indispensable as an analysis of the present« Tages-Anzeiger
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht was born in 1948. He has been teaching at Stanford University since 1989, where he is the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature. In addition to numerous visiting professorships, he has received eight honorary doctorates.
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht was born in 1948. He has been teaching at Stanford University since 1989, where he is the Albert Guérard Professor in...
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English world rights (Standford UP), Spanish world rights (Universidad Iberoamericana), Russia (NLO), Brazilian Portuguese rights (UNESP)
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