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HOW THE OLD LEFT HAS FOUND A NEW PLACE IN THE MEMORY GAME
Author(s) -
Hutton Patrick H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
history and theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1468-2303
pISSN - 0018-2656
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2011.00569.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , modernity , mnemonic , scholarship , collective memory , context (archaeology) , institutionalisation , sociology , epistemology , capitalism , aesthetics , history , philosophy , law , political science , politics , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology
ABSTRACT In his new book, How Modernity Forgets , Paul Connerton seeks to show a relationship between the workings of late capitalism and the institutionalization of forgetfulness in ever more abstract conceptions of space and time. He uses this argument to explain why the topic of collective memory has waxed so large in contemporary historical scholarship. I interpret his argument in light of his earlier work on habit memory and his still earlier critique of Frankfurt School social theory. I close with some comments on his study in the context of recent work on mnemonic practices in modern culture.