Time Maps Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past

Name: Time Maps Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past
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ISBN: 9780226981536

ISBN-10: 0226981533

ISBN-13: 9780226981536

Edition: 2004

Authors: Eviatar Zerubavel

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"Time Maps extends beyond all of the old clicheacute;s about linear, circular, and spiral patterns of historical process and provides us with models of the actual legends used to map history. It is a brilliant and elegant exercise in model building that provides new insights into some of the old questions about philosophy of history, historical narrative, and what is called straight history."-Hayden White, University of California, Santa Cruz Who were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors? As…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 7.48" wide x 8.94" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.638



List of Figures


Preface


Introduction: The Social Structure of Memory



The Social Shape of the Past *


Plotlines and Narratives


Progress


Decline


A Zigzag in Time


Ladders and Trees


Circles and Rhymes


Mountains and Valleys


Legato and Staccato



Historical Continuity *


Same Place


Relics and Memorabilia


Imitation and Replication


"Same" Time


Historical Analogy


Discursive Continuity



Ancestry and Descent *


Dynasties and Pedigree


Common Descent


The Social Organization of Descent


The "Family of Man"


Apes and Grapes


Language and Lineage



Historical Discontinuity *


The Social Punctuation of the Past


Assimilation and Differentiation


History and Prehistory


The Social Construction of Historical Discontinuity



In the Beginnings *


Antiquity


Priority


Notes


Bibliography


Author Index


Subject Index