Memory and Sociology
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Time & Society
- Vol. 10 (1), 29-44
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x01010001002
Abstract
This article describes the basic framework of the field of sociology of memory. It offers an overview of themes and issues around (1) the social aspects of individual memory; (2) collective memories; and (3) cultural attitudes towards memory. Such issues are relevant today from the perspective of sociology of time, and the author demonstrates some theoretical problems that arise and some directions in which they can be further developed. But such issues are also relevant in social discourse and in shaping individual and collective identities: their comprehension helps to investigate continuity and discontinuity in social life, as well as current conflicts and cultural ties.Keywords
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