In order to overcome the individualistic bias of psychological theories and the social determinism of many sociological studies, this book aims to review traditional and recent interpretations of the idea of collective memory.The main issue requiring clarification is the question of n'bo is a remembering subject and what is the nature of the past.

The majority of these theories seem to stress the uniqueness of each generation and their mutual distance, yet in reality generations have much in conlnlon and tend to resemble each other

the trials' achievements for constructing the basis for new memories and a new order cannot be overlooked. Today,

oral transmission accumulates actual alterations unconsciously, continually

remembering as a processual action by

unlike the prescntist perspective, which assumes that contlmet is the natural state of society and that memories are socially 'constituted' from above,

examine the contribution of sociological theories to our understanding of the workings of memory, and to evaluate to what extent such studies have challenged our understanding of various forms of collective memory and their role in different societies.the

Narratization, which

'every performance is also a creative act, there is no distinct separation between performer and creator' (Goody