Offprint from cultural memory studies laurent mucchielli. Maurice halbwachs was a french philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Maurice halbwachs was a french philosopher and sociologist known for developing the. Collective memory is the term for the memories of a group of people who have collected them through shared social experiences. Conceptual reconstruction of maurice halbwachs theory of collective memory veridiana domingos cordeiro departament of sociology university of sao. Maurice halbwachs s memoire collective jeanchristophe marcel and laurent mucchielli halbwachs, born in 1877, graduate of the paris ecole normale superieure where many of frances outstanding thinkers have studied andor taught, holder of the agregation in philosophy 1901, and of doctorates in law and the arts, was influenced by both henri bergson and emile. Contents list of contributors ix general preface xi preface xiii contents of other volumes xv 1 synthesis and stereochemistry of hydroporphyrins hugo scheer i. The collective memory by maurice halbwachs 1950 chapter 4 space and the collective memory the group in its spatial framework. The first translation of halbwachs was anthropologist mary doug lass edition of the collective memory, which appeared in 1980 but quickly went, and still remains, out of print.
I conclude with some final remarks comparing the present. The influence of the physical surroundings auguste comte remarked that mental equilibrium was, first and foremost, due to the fact that the physical objects of our daily. Contemporary usage of the term collective memory is largely traceable to emile durkheim 18581917, who wrote extensively in the elementary forms of the religious life 1912 about commemorative rituals, and to his stu dent, maurice halbwachs 18771945, who published a landmark study on the social frameworks of memory. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. This lesson discusses the origins of collective memory and the theory.
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