Theorizing Social Memories: Concepts And Contexts (routledge Advances In Sociology)
by Gerd Sebald /
2015 / English / PDF
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Public debates over the last two decades about social memories,
about how as societies we remember, make sense of, and even
imagine and invent, our collective pasts suggest that grand
narratives have been abandoned for numerous little stories that
contest the unified visions of the past. But, while focusing on
the diversity of social remembering, these fragmentary accounts
have also revealed the fault-lines within the theoretical terrain
of memory studies. This critical anthology seeks to bridge these
rifts and breaks within the contemporary theoretical landscape by
addressing the pressing issues of social differentiation and
forgetting as also the relatively unexplored futuristic aspect of
social memories. Arranged in four thematic sections which focus
on the concepts, temporalities, functions and contexts of social
memories, this book includes essays that range across disciplines
and present a variety of theoretical approaches, from
phenomenological sociology and systems theory to biography
research and post-colonialism.
Public debates over the last two decades about social memories,
about how as societies we remember, make sense of, and even
imagine and invent, our collective pasts suggest that grand
narratives have been abandoned for numerous little stories that
contest the unified visions of the past. But, while focusing on
the diversity of social remembering, these fragmentary accounts
have also revealed the fault-lines within the theoretical terrain
of memory studies. This critical anthology seeks to bridge these
rifts and breaks within the contemporary theoretical landscape by
addressing the pressing issues of social differentiation and
forgetting as also the relatively unexplored futuristic aspect of
social memories. Arranged in four thematic sections which focus
on the concepts, temporalities, functions and contexts of social
memories, this book includes essays that range across disciplines
and present a variety of theoretical approaches, from
phenomenological sociology and systems theory to biography
research and post-colonialism.
