Language and Collective Memory: Insights from Social Theory
Language and Collective Memory: Insights from Social Theory

Summary/Abstract: Various attempts to conceptualize the often vaguely used collective memory to the conclusion that collective memory is deeply related to linguistic and narrative phenomena. In the present paper, I aim to provide an overview and discussion of the link between language and collective memory in the context of social theory. In the case of the founding theoretical figures, M. Halbwachs and J. Assmann, the importance of language in relation to the issues of collective memory is profound.

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