Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Narrative Life Span, in the Wake: Benjamin and Arendt

2. Memory in Theory: The Childhood Memories of John Locke (Persons, Parrots)

3. Mourning Memory: The “End” of Art or, Reading (in) the Spirit of Hegel

4. Speculating on the Past, the Impact of the Present: Hegel and His Time(s)

5. In Lieu of a Last Word: Maurice Blanchot and the Future of Memory (Today)

Notes

Bibliography