On Collective Memory

On Collective Memory
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0226115968
ISBN-13 : 9780226115962
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Book Synopsis On Collective Memory by : Maurice Halbwachs

Download or read book On Collective Memory written by Maurice Halbwachs and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? This volume, the first comprehensive English language translation of Maurice Halbwach's writings on the social construction of memory, fills a major gap in the literature on the sociology of knowledge.


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