Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives
by Aleida Assmann
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"Cultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its construction, particularly various media such as writing, images, bodily practices, places and monuments. Examining the period from the European Renaissance to the present, Aleida Assmann reveals the close association between cultural memory and the show more arts, arguing that the artists who have supplemented, criticized, transformed and opposed it are its most lucid theorists and acute observers. Her analysis also addresses the interaction of cultural memory with individual memory and the ways in which cultural memory supports or subverts social and political identity constructions. Ultimately, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the history, forms and functions of cultural memory, which has become a central analytical tool for scholars across disciplines"-- show lessTags
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"Não são apenas os indivíduos que constituem uma memória para si, a fim de estabelecer identidades, conquistar legitimação e fixar metas: o mesmo se dá com as culturas. Aleida Assmann investiga as diferentes tarefas da recordação cultural, quais os seus meios (como escrita, imagens, memoriais) no processo de transformação histórica e técnica, e as formas de cultivo do saber acumula-do. Nesse campo, além da política e da ciência, também a arte assume importância cada vez maior. “Ao percorrer de maneira substanciosa a história da cultura, Aleida Assmann esclarece a importância da recordação para os projetos de construção da identidade. Em seu percurso, o aspecto mais marcante, do ponto de vista emocional, e mais show more provocativo, do ponto de vista político, evidencia-se nas páginas em que a autora elucida o nexo entre a recordação e as catástrofes e situações de choque." - Elisabeth Bronfen, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Apr 13, 2020Portuguese (Portugal)
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Aleida Assmann will weder eine Theorie der Erinnerung und des kulturellen Gedächtnisses vorlegen, noch vermag sie offene Fragen der Gegenwart schlüssig zu beantworten. Wie auch? Das Buch gelangt damit allerdings wieder an seinen eigenen Ausgangspunkt zurück. Diese Unentschiedenheit ist ihm in manchen Rezensionen in harten Worten vorgehalten worden - und in einem gewissen Sinne fallen die show more "Erinnerungsräume" tatsächlich dem "Dunkel des gelebten Augenblicks zum Opfer": Sie bieten eine reiche Zusammenschau kultureller Entwicklungen und Phänomene, aber sie schlagen keine Bresche für eine neue Sicht auf diese Dinge. show less
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Aleida Assmann is a professor of English literature and literary theory in the department of literature, art, and media at the University of Konstanz in Germany.
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Erinnerungsräume: Formen und Wandlungen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses
- Original publication date
- 1999
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Art & Design, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 901 — History & geography History Philosophy and theory of history
- LCC
- PN704 .A8713 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Literary history By period Modern
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian, Portuguese
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
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