The absent absence. Remarks on the discourse on absence, loss, and gaps in conservation, philosophy, and literature
The absent absence. Remarks on the discourse on absence, loss, and gaps in conservation, philosophy, and literature

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is the concept of absence, firstly in philosophy and literature, and then in conservation theory. The concept of absence is analysed together with the ones of loss and gap by selecting texts and thinkers who meditated on these concepts, and via a brief critique, with the aim of framing and naming the identified qualities, functions or specifics of absence. In the last part I shall focus on the concepts of absence and loss in the conservation discourse, on which grounds I shall draw the conclusions.

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