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We remember in social contexts. We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and remember in the context of our communities

These essays survey the histories, the theories and the fault lines that compose the field of memory research. Drawing on the advances in the sciences and in th

This volume provides an overview of theories of cultural memory that are intensively discussed in cultural studies and humanities disciplines such as history, s

How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on