Maurice Halbwachs

Maurice Halbwachs
Born11 March 1877
Reims, France
Died16 March 1945 (aged 68)
RelativesJeanne Halbwachs (sister)
Main interests
Sociology, philosophy, psychology
Notable ideas
Collective memory

Maurice Halbwachs (French: [moʁis albvaks]; 11 March 1877 – 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Halbwachs also contributed to the sociology of knowledge with his La Topographie Legendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte, a study of the spatial infrastructure of the New Testament (1951).[1][2]

  1. ^ Coser, Lewis A. (1992). Maurice Halbwachs On Collective Memory. The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-11594-1.
  2. ^ Hutton, Patrick H. (1988). "Collective Memory and Collective Mentalities: The Halbwachs-Ariés Connection". Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques. 15 (2): 311–322. JSTOR 23232416.

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