Memory in Mind and Culture

by Pascal Boyer and James V. Wertsch

Book Overview

This text introduces students, scholars, and interested educated readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory, collective remembering by societies, and the construction of history. The book is organised around several major questions: How do memories construct our past? How do we build shared collective memories? How does memory shape history? This volume presents a special perspective, emphasising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521758920
• ISBN13: 9780521758925
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"