BiblioVault - Books about Endings

Endings

Questions of Memory in Hegel and Heidegger

Edited by Rebecca Comay and John McCumber

Northwestern University Press, 1999

In this collection of essays, leading scholars provide a variety of models from which to view the unique relationship between the bodies of thought of Heidegger and Hegel, revealing how these philosophers offer ways of thinking historically that understand such thinking not merely as extensions and elaborations of a given paradigm but as actively engaged in the critical and transformative revisioning of the world.

Beginning at the point where Heidegger encountered Hegel, this volume of provocative essays addresses the respective philosophies of the two men. Leading scholars provide a variety of models from which to view the unique relationship between the bodies of thought of Heidegger and Hegel: bodies of thought that cannot be taken as two objects to be compared, contrasted, and finally evaluated but that must be viewed in dynamic terms, as a relationship in which self-transformations lead to mutual transformations and vice versa.

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Everybody Hurts

Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures

Rebecca Williams

University of Iowa Press, 2018

Have you ever been a fan of a show that was canceled abruptly or that killed off a beloved character unexpectedly? Or perhaps it was rebooted after a long absence and now you’re worried it won’t be as good as the original? Anyone who has ever followed entertainment closely knows firsthand that such transitions can be jarring.

Indeed, for truly loyal fans, the loss can feel very real—even throwing their own identity into question. Examining how fans respond to and cope with transitions, endings, or resurrections in everything from band breakups (R.E.M.) to show cancellations (Hannibal) to closing down popular amusement park rides, this collection brings together an eclectic mix of scholars to analyze the various ways fans respond to change. Essays explore practices such as fan discussion and creating alternative fan fictions, as well as cases where fans abandon their objects of interest completely and move on to new ones. Shedding light on how fans react, both individually and as a community, the contributors also trace the commonalities and differences present in fandoms across a range of media, and they pay close attention to the ways fandom operates across paratexts and transmedia forms including films, comics, and television.

This fascinating approach promises to make an important contribution to the fields of fan, media, and cultural studies, and should appeal widely to students, scholars, and anyone else with a genuine interest in understanding why these transitions can have such a deep impact on fans’ lives.
Contributors: Stuart Bell, Anya Benson, Lucy Bennett, Paul Booth, Joseph Brennan, Kristina Busse, Melissa A. Click, Ruth Deller, Evelyn Deshane, Nichola Dobson, Simone Driessen, Emily Garside, Holly Willson Holladay, Bethan Jones, Nicolle Lamerichs, Kathleen Williams, Rebecca Williams

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Urban Displacement and Trade in a Senegalese Market

An Anthropology of Endings

Gunvor Jónsson

University College London, 2024

A close look at people’s adaptivity and their capacities to adjust to new circumstances and environments in the face of urban displacement, with a special focus on Dakar.

The Malian market at the terminus in Dakar was bulldozed in 2009 and, following the privatization of the railway, passenger services in Senegal soon ceased altogether. The consequences were felt especially by women traders who had traveled the line since its inauguration, making the terminus in Dakar the center of a thriving network of traders and migrants. To examine the fates of those whose livelihoods were destroyed or disrupted, Gunvor Jónsson spent a year with the women evicted from the terminus. Urban Displacement and Trade in a Senegalese Market explores what happens at the end of urban displacement, when people find themselves scattered in sometimes unfamiliar surroundings, trying to pick up the pieces and create something meaningful.

In this book, Jónsson argues that rupture and ensuing displacement do not produce a clean slate where identities, networks, and histories must be produced from scratch. When evicted, traders and their markets do not simply vanish into thin air. The book examines not only what is lost but what emerges when a dense node, such as the terminus, is dissolved and fragmented. The ethnography of the traders reveals that the aftermath of eviction in cities may lead to diasporic forms of consciousness and identity formations. Displacement, whether on a local or global scale, demands difficult adjustments, and people’s capacities to adapt to new circumstances and environments vary. This book uncovers the different capacities and variations in traders’ reactions to displacement.

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