![]() Metamorphosis of memory Memory in oral cultures The art of memory Memory in pre-modern Europe Memory in modern society Memory today Further reading Memory experience The forms and functions of memory The communities of memory The institutions of memory The status of memory Further reading Series editor’s foreword Introduction The outline of the book Further reading Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data CIP data applied for Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 2 (pb) Details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd of 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 4LP. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited. Open University Press McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill House Shoppenhangers Road Maidenhead Berkshire England SL6 2QL email: world wide web: and 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA First Published 2003 Copyright © Barbara A. Series editor: Larry Ray Published and forthcoming titles: Mary Evans: Gender and Social Theory Barbara Misztal: Theories of Social Remembering Roland Robertson and David Inglis: Globalization and Social Theory Barry Smart: Economy, Culture and Society The book consists of six chapters, with the first three devoted to conceptualizing the process of remembering by analysing memory’s function, status and history, and by locating the study of memory in a broader field of social science.The second part of the book directly explores and discusses theories and studies of social remembering.The glossary offers a concise and up-to-date overview of the development of relevant theoretical concepts. She is the author of Trust in Modern Society and Informality: Social Theory and Contemporary Practice, and co-editor of Action on AIDS. She worked at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of PAN,Warsaw and Griffith University, Australia, teaching social science, politics and European studies. She received her PhD from the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). Misztal is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester. This is an essential text for undergraduate courses in social theory and the sociology of memory, as well as a wider audience in cultural studies, history and politics. It illustrates the new status of memory in contemporary societies by examining the complex relationships between memory and commemoration, memory and identity, memory and trauma, and memory and justice. How do we explain changes in the content and role of collective memory? Through a synthesis of old and new theories of social remembering, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of the sociology of memory.This rapidly expanding field explores how representations of the past are generated, maintained and reproduced through texts, images, sites, rituals and experiences.The main aim of the book is to show to what extent the investigation of memory challenges sociological understandings of the formation of social identities and conflicts.How is social memory generated, maintained and reproduced?.
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