Open AccessLa desmemoria en la historia oficial : reflexiones sobre la memoria y el olvido en el exilio español
Author(s) -
José Antonio Mérida Donoso
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta hispanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-9719
pISSN - 1416-7263
DOI - 10.14232/actahisp.2012.17.33-44
Subject(s) - collective memory , identity (music) , humanities , social memory , historical memory , sociology , art , political science , psychology , aesthetics , law , cognitive science
The concepts of (collective) memory and history are similar in that they both deal with thenotion of identity, yet diverge in their methods and dwell on the past events in different ways.History has now started to be regarded as an objective - a doubtful, though desirable attribute -"human" or "social" science, while memory remains the space of subjective experience. Thisarticle presents a series of reflections on Spain's recent past, focusing on the role of literature inpreserving the collective memory and constructing a social identity.