Voices of Collective Remembering

Type

Book

Authors

James V. Wertsch

ISBN 10

0521008808

ISBN 13

9780521008808

Tags

Mental Health, history, Social Psychology & Interactions, Europe, Russia, Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive, Social Sciences

Description

This book draws on psychology, history, literary theory, semiotics, sociology, and political science to provide a comprehensive review of collective memory. It outlines a particular way that narratives produced by the modern state are consumed by individuals. These issues are examined with the help of examples from the transformation Russia has undergone as it entered its post-Soviet era. This is a case study of how a modern state can lose control of collective memory and how memory can be regenerated in unique ways. - from Amzon

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