《論集體記憶》（*On Collective Memory*）是法國社會學家莫里斯·哈布瓦赫（1877-1945）的遺作集，由芝加哥大學出版社於1992年首次推出劉易斯·科瑟翻譯的英文全譯本，填補了知識社會學領域的研究空白。該書匯集了作者關於集體記憶理論的奠基性論述，科瑟為此版撰寫導論以梳理其學術脈絡。
全書以“記憶依賴社會框架運作”為核心觀點，提出不同群體根據當下的社會需求選擇性重構歷史記憶。通過分析中世紀朝聖者對耶穌生平的差異化闡釋、法國社會階層的歷史敘事分歧等案例，揭示了記憶的社會性本質及其對群體身份認同的塑造作用。書中區分了歷史記憶與自傳記憶，強調集體記憶通過語言、家庭、宗教等社會框架維繫，為理解文化認同機制提供了理論工具。該理論後續被廣泛套用於社會學、歷史學及文化研究領域。
基本介紹
- 書名：On Collective Memory
- 作者：Maurice Halbwachs
- 出版社：University of Chicago Press
- ISBN：9780226115948
內容簡介
How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on collective memory, which established him as a major figure in the history of sociology. This volume, the first comprehensive English- language translation of Halbwach's writings on the social construction of memory, fills a major gap in the literature on the sociology of knowledge. Halbwachs' primary thesis is that human memory can only function within a collective context. Collective memory, Halbwachs asserts, is always selective; various groups of people have different collective memories, which in turn give rise to different modes of behavior. Halbwachs shows, for example, how pilgrims to the Holy Land over the centuries evoked very different images of the events of Jesus' life; how wealthy old families in France have a memory of the past that diverges sharply from that of the nouveaux riches; and how working class constructions of reality differ from those of their middle-class counterparts. With a detailed introduction by Lewis A. Coser, this translation will be an indispensable source for new research in historical sociology and cultural memory. Lewis A. Coser is Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the State University of New York and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Boston College. The Heritage of Sociology series
