Collective Memory
- 1st Edition, Volume 274 - September 15, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Shane O'Mara
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 0 0 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 0 0 2 - 8
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface: Collective memory comes of age
- Reference
- Chapter 1: Neural, psychological, and social foundations of collective memory: Implications for common mnemonic processes, agency, and identity
- Abstract
- 1: Neural, psychological, and social foundations of collective memory
- 2: Neural foundations of collective memory
- 3: Psychological foundations of collective memory
- 4: Social foundations of collective memory
- 5: Collective memory in everyday life
- 6: General conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2: What is the relationship between collective memory and metacognition?
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: A selective review of collective memory and its relationship to established distinctions in human memory
- 3: Metacognition as a social process
- 4: Synergies between collective memory and metacognition
- 5: Impact of aging on collective memory and metacognition
- 6: Future directions
- References
- Chapter 3: Collective mental time travel: Current research and future directions
- Abstract
- 1: Cognitive approaches to collective MTT
- 2: Cultural approaches to collective MTT: Narratives
- 3: Social psychological approaches to collective MTT
- 4: Integration and future directions
- References
- Chapter 4: Deriving testable hypotheses through an analogy between individual and collective memory
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Evaluation of an hypothesis on collective memory
- 3: Turning the analogy round
- 4: An instance of competing American collective memories
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Who won World War II? Conflicting narratives among the allies
- Abstract
- 1: Background
- 2: The current study
- 3: Important events of World War II
- 4: Rated contributions to the war effort
- 5: Shifting of collective narratives for World War II
- 6: Disagreements in collective memory: Why did the US drop atomic bombs on Japan?
- 7: Understanding similarities and differences in remembrances of the war
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Habits of collective memory
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Collective memory: Concepts and methods
- 3: Narrative
- 4: Schema
- 5: Habit
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 7: Collective memory and the social creation of identities: Linking the past with the present and future
- Abstract
- 1: Memory as a social process
- 2: Memory is about the present and future
- 3: Memory and politics
- 4: Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 8: Toward new memory sciences: The Programme 13-Novembre
- Abstract
- 1: Inconsistent and compartmentalized premises (mid-19th century—first world war)
- 2: The “collective memory” revolution and the time of missed opportunities (1918–1945)
- 3: The time of disciplinary closure (1970s–2000s)
- 4: The time of rapprochement (the turn of the millennium)
- 5: Setting up a search
- 6: The Programme 13-Novembre
- 7: September 2021—June 2022: The historical trial of the attacks of 13 November 2015. Renewed memorial issues
- 8: From memory studies to memory sciences
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 9: Collective memory in the digital age
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Digitalized collective memories
- 3: Digital collective memories
- 4: Studying collective memory in the digital age
- 5: Conclusion and future avenues
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 274
- Published: September 15, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323990011
- eBook ISBN: 9780323990028
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Shane O'Mara
Shane O’Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research (Personal Chair) at Trinity College, Dublin - the University of Dublin. He is a Principal Investigator in, formerly Director of, the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, one of Europe’s leading research centres for neuroscience. He is also a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator and a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator. His research explores the brain systems supporting learning, memory, and cognition, and also the brain systems affected by stress and depression. He also explores the intersection of psychology and neuroscience with public policy, evidence-based policy-making and related areas. He has published about 130 peer-reviewed papers on these topics. His books include 'Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation' (Harvard University Press; 2015); 'A Brain for Business – A Brain for Life' (Palgrave Macmillan) and 'In Praise of Walking' (Bodley Head, 2019). He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland - Galway (BA, MA), and of the University of Oxford (DPhil). He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (USA), and an elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
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