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Marc Auge, Oblivion.

Publication: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
Publication Date: 01-AUG-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Marc Auge, Oblivion.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
MARC AUGE, Oblivion. Marjolijn de Jager (trans.). Minneapolis, Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, 2004, 92 p.

Marc Auge is a French anthropologist whose thought-provoking essays have been appearing in English translation for the past 10 years. To anthropologists he is likely best known for his early research in West Africa. To a broader audience, including sociologists and social theorists, he is better known for his explorations of contemporary urban and global space in essays such as In the Metro (2002) and Non-places (1995). Though Auge's previous interests are evident throughout this essay, he breaks new ground by introducing the theme of Oblivion (Les formes de l'oubli)--a challenging reflection on memory and forgetting. The essay is far-reaching, advancing the concept of oblivion through brief but suggestive explorations of psychoanalysis (and the idea of "memory trace"), narrative theory (especially philosopher Paul Ricoeur's work), French literature (Dumas and Proust), reflections on his own earlier field work in Africa, and a recurring engagement with the problem of ethnocentrism....

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