“The power of collective memory does not lie in its accurate, systematic, or sophisticated mapping of the past, but in establishing basic images that articulate and reinforce a particular ideological stance.”
Yael Zerubavel“The power of collective memory does not lie in its accurate, systematic, or sophisticated mapping of the past, but in establishing basic images that articulate and reinforce a particular ideological stance.”
Yael Zerubavel, Recovered Roots: Collective Memory and the Making of Israeli National Tradition