Memories of the Nile
Egyptian Traumas and Communication Technologies in Jan Assmann's Theory of Cultural Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Winthrop‐young (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 331-362 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Egyptian History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-1657 • E-ISSN: 1874-1665 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/187416608786121284 |
| OpenAlex | W2064823342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the 1990s, the Egyptologist Jan Assmann emerged as the most important contributor to German discussions of collective memory. This paper investigates, first, to what extent Assmann's theory of communicative and cultural memory is a generalization of his work on the “bi-materiality” of Egyptian culture, and second, how his controversial notion of the “Mosaic distinction” is linked to his work on the traumatic impact of Akhenaten's religious reforms
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Cultural memory · Epistemology · Generalization · German · Linguistics · Literature · Materiality (auditing · Mosaic · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Literature and Cultural Memory · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |