#david lowenthal

[pneumaticpresence]

David Lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country (1985)

[robertsmithsonlibraryandbookclub]

Untitled Project: Robert Smithson Library & Book Club [Lowenthal, David, ed., Environmental Perception and Behavior, 1967] Oil paint on carved wood, 2018

[rexsecuritieslaw]

Securities Regulators Sanction Ameriprise Broker in Plano, TX

Securities Regulators Sanction Ameriprise Broker in Plano, TX

December 29 , 2015-Plano, Texas David Lowenthal entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that while associated with Ameriprise as a registered representative, he personally invested $10,000 in preferred shares issued by a biopharmaceutical company, without first providing notice to the firm.…

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[berrystudyblog-blog]

‘Christians, no less than polytheists, long denied fundamental change beyond the scripturally ordained. Only with the Renaissance and the Reformation did new perspectives on time and causality begin to direct Western thought. Briefly, these are a linear view of past and future, reliance on written texts, awareness of anachronism, belief in growth if not progress, focus on collective agency, search for causal explanation, and zeal for objectivity. Together, they comprise ‘specifically historical interest in the past’ as opposed to stress on memory and tradition.’ -  The Past is a Foreign Country - Revisited, David Lownenthal  

[sabbah]

Israel's Stolen Nuclear Materials: Why it Still Matters

Israel’s Stolen Nuclear Materials: Why it Still Matters

Once again revelations concerning the genesis of Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program are attracting notice.

By Marsha B. Cohen – Sabbah report §

Two nuclear experts, Victor Gilinsky and Roger J. Mattson, have again raised questions as to how Israel might have acquired the nuclear materials needed to build its nuclear bombs in a provocatively titled article, “Did Israel steal bomb-grade…

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[cabofcuriosity]

"The high visibility of relics, especially of old buildings, leads many to over-estimate - and over value - the stability of the past. The aura of antiquity in a much preserved locale does not really connote historical vitality but a dearth of later innovative energy"

 David Lowenthal (1985) The Past is a Foreign Country p.243

[wrtnwrd]

The past is a foreign country, that we come from.

[chocolateoatmilk]

i can read the entire book 'the heritage crusade and the spoils of history' by david lowenthal on google books. the question is - is my evening really that boring? could be interesting though. hmm.