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Halbwachs, Maurice

 
9780226115962: On Collective Memory (Heritage of Sociology Series)
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ISBN 10: 0226115968 ISBN 13: 9780226115962
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 1992

Sinopsis

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 different modes of behavior. Halbwachs shows, for example, how pilgrims to the Holy Land over the centuries evoked very different images of the events of Jesus' life; how wealthy old families in France have a memory of the past that diverges sharply from that of the nouveaux riches; and how working class construction of reality differ from those of their middle-class counterparts.

With a detailed introduction by Lewis A. Coser, this translation will be an indispensable source for new research in historical sociology and cultural memory.

Lewis A. Coser is Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the State University of New York and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Boston College.

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Lewis A. Coser (1913-2003) was Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the State University of New York.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226115968
ISBN 13 
9780226115962
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Número de páginas
254
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9780226115948: On Collective Memory (Heritage of Sociology Series)

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ISBN 10:  0226115941 ISBN 13:  9780226115948
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 1992
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