000858605 000__ 03500cam\a2200409Ii\4500 000858605 001__ 858605 000858605 005__ 20210515160714.0 000858605 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000858605 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000858605 008__ 190314s2018\\\\nju\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000858605 020__ $$a9781400890439$$q(electronic book) 000858605 020__ $$a1400890438$$q(electronic book) 000858605 020__ $$z9780691179698 000858605 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1031214382 000858605 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1031214382 000858605 035__ $$a858605 000858605 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dN$T$$dOCLCF$$dYDX$$dINT$$dOCLCQ$$dJSTOR 000858605 049__ $$aISEA 000858605 050_4 $$aN8253.T5$$bN67 2018eb 000858605 08204 $$a701.08$$223 000858605 1001_ $$aNorth, Michael,$$d1951-$$eauthor. 000858605 24510 $$aWhat is the present? /$$cMichael North. 000858605 264_1 $$aPrinceton, New Jersey :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c[2018] 000858605 300__ $$a1 online resource 000858605 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000858605 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000858605 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000858605 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000858605 50500 $$tPART ONE --$$g1.$$tThis Point in Time --$$g2.$$tSearch for the Experiential Present --$$g3.$$tLongest Now: A History of the Historical Present --$$tPART TWO --$$g4.$$tPresent in Pictures --$$g5.$$tNarrative and the "Unexplained Instant" --$$g6.$$tCinematic Present from Intolerance to Interstellar. 000858605 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000858605 520__ $$a"A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and cultureThe problem of the present--what it is and what it means--is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. Because modernity places so much value on the present, many critics argue that people today spend far too much time in the here and now--but how can we tell without first knowing what the here and now actually is? What Is the Present? takes a provocative new look at this moment in time that remains a mystery even though it is always with us. Michael North tackles puzzles that have preoccupied philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, history, and aesthetic theory and examines the complex role of the present in painting, fiction, and film. He engages with a range of thinkers, from Aristotle and Augustine to William James and Henri Bergson. He draws illuminating examples from artists such as Fra Angelico and Richard McGuire, filmmakers like D.W. Griffith and Christopher Nolan, and novelists such as Elizabeth Bowen and Willa Cather. North offers a critical analysis of previous models of the present, from the experiential present to the historical period we call the contemporary. He argues that the present is not a cosmological or experiential fact but a metaphor, a figurative relationship with the whole of time. Presenting an entirely new conception of the temporal mystery Georg Lukács called the "unexplained instant," What Is the Present? explores how the arts have traditionally represented the present--and also how artists have offered radical alternatives to that tradition."--$$cProvided by publisher. 000858605 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000858605 650_0 $$aTime and art. 000858605 650_0 $$aTime in art. 000858605 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aNorth, Michael, 1951-$$tWhat is the present?$$dPrinceton, New Jeresey : Princeton University Press, 2018$$z9780691179698$$w(DLC) 2018935461 000858605 852__ $$bcoll 000858605 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000858605 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1692486$$zOnline Access 000858605 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:858605$$pGLOBAL_SET 000858605 980__ $$aBIB 000858605 983__ $$aOnline 000858605 994__ $$a92$$bISE