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With this title, Gumbrecht (Albert Guérard Professor in Literature, Stanford Univ.) extends his previous work, Production of Presence. In that title, he argued that too much intellectual effort is spent in the production of meaning at the expense of the visceral encounters around us. Here, the author takes on our orientation toward time, arguing that how we live has shifted from emphasizing historical time—in which the past is left behind and the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More