The Collective Memory Reader
by Jeffrey K. Olick /
2011 / English / PDF
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In the last few decades, there are few concepts that have rivaled
"collective memory" for attention in the humanities and social
sciences. Indeed, use of the term has extended far beyond
scholarship to the realm of politics and journalism, where it has
appeared in speeches at the centers of power and on the front pages
of the world's leading newspapers. Seen by scholars in numerous
fields as a hallmark characteristic of our age, an idea crucial for
understanding our present social, political, and cultural
conditions, collective memory now guides inquiries into diverse,
though connected, phenomena. Nevertheless, there remains a great
deal of confusion about the meaning, origin, and implication of the
term and the field of inquiry it underwrites.
In the last few decades, there are few concepts that have rivaled
"collective memory" for attention in the humanities and social
sciences. Indeed, use of the term has extended far beyond
scholarship to the realm of politics and journalism, where it has
appeared in speeches at the centers of power and on the front pages
of the world's leading newspapers. Seen by scholars in numerous
fields as a hallmark characteristic of our age, an idea crucial for
understanding our present social, political, and cultural
conditions, collective memory now guides inquiries into diverse,
though connected, phenomena. Nevertheless, there remains a great
deal of confusion about the meaning, origin, and implication of the
term and the field of inquiry it underwrites.The Collective Memory Reader
The Collective Memory Reader presents, organizes, and
evaluates past work and contemporary contributions on collective
memory. Combining seminal texts, hard-to-find classics, previously
untranslated references, and contemporary landmarks, it will serve
as a key reference in the field. In addition to a thorough
introduction, which outlines a useful past for contemporary memory
studies,
presents, organizes, and
evaluates past work and contemporary contributions on collective
memory. Combining seminal texts, hard-to-find classics, previously
untranslated references, and contemporary landmarks, it will serve
as a key reference in the field. In addition to a thorough
introduction, which outlines a useful past for contemporary memory
studies,The Collective Memory Reader
The Collective Memory Reader includes five
sections-Precursors and Classics; History, Memory, and Identity;
Power, Politics, and Contestation; Media and Modes of Transmission;
Memory, Justice, and the Contemporary Epoch-comprising ninety-one
texts. A short editorial essay introduces each of the sections,
while brief capsules frame each of the selected texts.
includes five
sections-Precursors and Classics; History, Memory, and Identity;
Power, Politics, and Contestation; Media and Modes of Transmission;
Memory, Justice, and the Contemporary Epoch-comprising ninety-one
texts. A short editorial essay introduces each of the sections,
while brief capsules frame each of the selected texts.
An indispensable guide,
An indispensable guide,The Collective Memory Reader
The Collective Memory Reader is at
once a definitive entry point into the field for students and an
essential resource for scholars.
is at
once a definitive entry point into the field for students and an
essential resource for scholars.
