Theories Of Social Remembering (Theorizing Society)
Social remembering: Our own recollection is tied to others with whom we have shared our life.
L. M. Sacasas • The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self
Philosophers / Theorists on Memory & Time
Henri Bergson – Matter and Memory; distinguishes between mechanical recall and lived, fluid memory; emphasizes duration (la durée).
Maurice Halbwachs – Introduced the concept of collective memory (how memory is socially framed and maintained).
Paul Ricoeur – Memory, History, Forgetting; examines memory’s