Cultural memory and early civilization : writing, remembrance, and political imagination /

Cultural memory and early civilization : writing, remembrance, and political imagination /

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Main Author: Assmann, Jan (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Edition: 1st English ed.

Subjects:

Civilization, Ancient.
Memory > Social aspects > History.
Collective memory > History.
Group identity > History.
Egypt > Civilization.
Israel > Civilization.
Greece > Civilization.

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Call Number: CB311 .A75 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The theoretical basis
  • Memory culture
  • Written culture
  • Cultural identity and political imagination
  • pt. 2. Case studies
  • Egypt
  • Israel and the invention of religion
  • The birth of history from the spirit of the law
  • Greece and disciplined thinking
  • Cultural memory : a summary.