Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure

by Arthur T. Bradley

Book Overview

In ancient Rome, any citizen who had brought disgrace upon the state could be subject to a judgment believed to be worse than death: damnatio memoriae, condemnation of memory. The Senate would decree that every trace of the citizen's existence be removed from the city as if they had never existed in the first place. Once reserved for individuals, damnatio memoriae in different forms now extends to social classes, racial and ethnic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231193394
• ISBN13: 9780231193399
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"