History and Memory"In this brilliant meditation on the varying conceptions of history, Jacques Le Goff, one of the leading members of the French "Annales" school, examines the oppositions between past and present, ancient and modern as well as the various continuities in the evolutions of the historical spirit." "Clearly written, broad-ranging, and richly allusive, History and Memory is a provocative book that will inspire a better understanding of historical work and provide an overview of the "new history" that has revolutionized historical studies over the post half century. Le Goff has written a new preface for the English language edition, which examines recent trends in historiography."--Jacket. |
Contents
ANTIQUE ANCIENTMODERN | 21 |
MEMORY | 51 |
Contemporary Revolutions in Memory | 90 |
The Stake of Memory | 97 |
HISTORY ΙΟΙ | 106 |
Endnotes | 217 |
About the Author | 241 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History and Memory European Perspectives: a Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Series European perspectives |
| Author | Jacques Le Goff |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 023107591X, 9780231075916 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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