Axiomatic

Discover the profound exploration of history and memory in 'Axiomatic' by Maria Tumarkin, published by Penguin Australia in 2021. This captivating trade paperback, featuring 224 pages, dives deep into the complexities of how our past shapes our present. Tumarkin masterfully intertwines psychology, storytelling, and personal reflection to reveal the unpindownable power of history that infuses our lives today.

Engaging with five powerful axioms, such as 'Time Heals All Wounds' and 'Those Who Forget the Past are Condemned to Repeat It', Tumarkin invites readers to reconsider these 'timeless truths.' This unique fusion of thinking, narrative, and meditation allows readers to reflect on their own relationships with time, culture, and identity, making it an essential read for anyone interested in psychology and history.

With its thought-provoking insights and boundary-shifting approach, 'Axiomatic' is perfect for book clubs, students, and lifelong learners alike. Enjoy FREE shipping on this insightful book. Please note that combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Allow up to 10 days for delivery and immerse yourself in a reading experience that challenges conventional wisdom and provokes deep reflection on the nature of our shared past.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781761043581
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd
Pages: 224


Description:
The past shapes the present-they teach us that in schools and universities. (Shapes? Infiltrates, more like; imbues, infuses.) This past cannot be visited like an ageing aunt. It doesn't live in little zoo enclosures. Half the time, this past is nothing less than the beating heart of the present. So, how to speak of the searing, unpindownable power that the past-ours, our family's, our culture's-wields in the present?

Stories are not enough, even though they are essential. And books about history, books of psychology-the best of them take us closer, but still not close enough. Maria Tumarkin's Axiomatic is a boundary-shifting fusion of thinking, storytelling, reportage and meditation. It takes as its starting point five axioms- 'Time Heals All Wounds'; 'History Repeats Itself'; 'Those Who Forget the Past are Condemned to Repeat It'; 'Give Me a Child Before the Age of Seven and I Will Show You the Woman'; and 'You Can't Enter The Same River Twice.'

These beliefs-or intuitions-about the role the past plays in our present are often evoked as if they are timeless and self-evident truths. It is precisely because they are neither, yet still we are persuaded by them, that they tell us a great deal about the forces that shape our culture and the way we live.


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