Boundaries, bridges, analogies and bubbles

Structuring the past in Israeli mnemonic culture

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12534769
AutoresYael Zerubavel (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume38
Fascículo1
Páginas5-23
Data de publicação2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Israeli History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1353-1042 • E-ISSN: 1744-0548
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13531042.2020.1815982
OpenAlexW3087883949
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas27

This article examines mnemonic practices and discursive strategies that structure the past and its relation to the present, drawing on examples from Israeli Jewish culture. The discussion explores the discursive construction of an “event” as a singular development and underscores the significance of its beginning and ending. It analyzes the impact of introducing symbolic bridges connecting separated historical periods, proposing historical analogies that highlight recurrent historical patterns, creating mnemonic bubbles governed by commemorative time, and conflating historical events into multilayered commemorations. These temporal structures, often anchored in mnemonic traditions, continue to influence the understanding of the past

Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Event (particle physics · Mnemonic · Political science · Relation (database · Sociology · Structuring · Computer Science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies