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Cultural Memory and Western Civilization - Functions, Media, Archives (Hardcover, English)
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Cultural Memory and Western Civilization - Functions, Media, Archives (Hardcover, English)
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Cultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on
the basis of oral transmission, media technology, and institutional
frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of
cultural memory, focusing on the arts of its construction,
particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily
practices, places, and monuments. Examining the period from the
European Renaissance to the present, Aleida Assmann reveals the
close association between cultural memory and the arts, arguing
that the artists who have supplemented, criticized, transformed,
and opposed it are its most lucid theorists and acute observers.
Her analysis also addresses the interaction of cultural memory with
individual memory and the ways in which cultural memory supports or
subverts social and political identity constructions. Ultimately,
this book offers a comprehensive overview of the history, forms,
and functions of cultural memory, which has become a central
analytical tool for scholars across disciplines.
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