HIS 2391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canadian Identity
18 Oct 2018
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Are social memory and historical awareness polar opposite (what the one is, the other, by definition, is not). Example of the war of 1812 differing american/canadian memories the foundation of the canadian identity, but canada did not exist at the time. Create a certain narrative that will be adopted. Consists in a shared interpretation of the events and experiences which have formed the group over time. Create the self identity of a group. Social memory is a present-oriented social process aimed at defining or consolidating group identity and group cohesion. Nostalgia, it is a way to recapture the good old days . Often displays a belief in the inevitability of progress, the present is inevitably better than the past. Social memory is part of a psychological need. Human beings want to feel as though they belong. Boundary between social memory and scholarship is not as concrete or sharp as tosh may suggest.
