On Collective Memory

Name: On Collective Memory
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ISBN: 9780226115962

ISBN-10: 0226115968

ISBN-13: 9780226115962

Edition: 1992

Authors: Maurice. Halbwachs, Lewis A. Coser

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How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on collective memory, which established him as a major figure in the history of sociology. This volume, the first comprehensive English- language translation of Halbwach's writings on the social construction of memory, fills a major gap in the literature on the sociology of knowledge. Halbwachs' primary thesis is that human memory can only function within a collective context. Collective memory, Halbwachs asserts, is always selective; various groups of people have different collective memories, which in turn give rise to…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Maurice Halbwachs 1877-1945I


The Social Frameworks of Memory


Preface



Dreams and Memory Images



Language and Memory



The Reconstruction of the Past



The Localization of Memories



The Collective Memory of the Family



Religious Collective Memory



Social Classes and Their Traditions



Conclusion



The Legendary Topography of the Gospels in the Holy Land


Conclusions


Index