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Transformations between History and Memory

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“Collective memory” is an umbrella term for different formats of memory.
Interactive and social memory are both formats that are embodied, grounded in lived experience that vanish
with their carriers. The manifestations of political and cultural memory, on the other hand, are grounded on the
more durable carriers of external symbols and representations and can be re-embodied and transmitted from one generation to another. The relation between “history” and “memory” has itself a history that has evolved over time, passing through three stages: 1) the identity between history and memory, 2) the polarization between history and memory, and 3) the interaction between history and memory. Where history and memory are polarized, the historian assumes an intellectual and ethical function and concentrates on the lacunae of national memory thereby creating a countermemory. However, that there are certain contexts in which history and memory are also conflated in democratic nation states. If we look at the sector of public historical education we can observe a similar self-enforcing relationship between history, memory, identity, and power. In this context, history becomes the stuff of which political memory, identity, and myth is made of.

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Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences

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New York : New School., 2008

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English

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0037-783X

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Vol. 75, No. 1, Page 49-74

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History
Memory
Collective memory

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