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Cultural memory and early civilization : writing, remembrance, and political imagination /

"Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book presents a groundbreaking theoretical analysis of memory, identity, and culture. It investigates how cultures remember, arguing that human memory exists and is communicated in two ways, namely inter-human interaction and in external syst...

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Main Author:	Assmann, Jan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Edition:	1st English ed.
Subjects:	Civilization, Ancient. Memory > Social aspects > History. Collective memory > History. Group identity > History. Interpersonal communication > History. Written communication > History. Politics and culture > History. Egypt > Civilization. Israel > Civilization. Greece > Civilization. HISTORY / Ancient / General.

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