The Cognitive Aspects of Collective Memory

TitleThe Cognitive Aspects of Collective Memory
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsAaron Beim
JournalSymbolic Interaction
Volume30
Issue1
Pagination7-26
ISSN01956086
Abstract

This article discusses the cognitive aspects of collective memory. The article further discusses collective memory as institutionalized cultural objects, the conflation of production and reception, images in Holocaust collective memory, culture, cognition, and the interstitial levels of social life.