The collective memory by maurice halbwachs 1950 chapter 4 space and the collective memory the group in its spatial framework. 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. This lesson discusses the origins of collective memory and the theory. 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. 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. Pdf conceptual reconstruction of maurice halbwachs theory of. Durkheim and halbwachss theory of collective memory. 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. Collective memory is the term for the memories of a group of people who have collected them through shared social experiences. In 1992, the sociologist lewis coser published in the university of chicago press heritage of sociology series a volume called maurice halbwachs. Offprint from cultural memory studies laurent mucchielli. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
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