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Writing, Ritual and Cultural Memory in the Ancient World
Writing Ritual and Cultural Memory in the Ancient World
Author: Jan Assmann
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 systems of notation, such as writing, which can span gener...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521188029
ISBN-10: 0521188024
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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