Some theoretical issues in reference of "memory" as a social practice
Author(s) -
Juan Ormeño Karzulovic
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
alteridad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1390-8642
pISSN - 1390-325X
DOI - 10.17163/alt.v5n1.2010.06
Subject(s) - psychology , social memory , sociology , computer science , cognitive science
In this paper I want to criticize the claim, familiar from some social-constructionist accounts, that 'memory' be understood, largely or exclusively, as a 'social discursive practice.' I want to defend the argument that, to be intelligible, and to be properly used in social psychology, the notion of memory entails mental attitudes and the truth-conditions of language. Hence I plead for a wider understanding of what it is involved in the concept of 'social practice
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