Voices of Collective Remembering

This book draws on psychology, history, literary theory, semiotics, sociology, and political science to provide a comprehensive review of collective memory. It outlines a particular way that narratives produced by the modern state are consumed by individuals. These issues are examined with the help of examples from the transformation Russia has undergone as it entered its post-Soviet era. This is a case study of how a modern state can lose control of collective memory and how memory can be regenerated in unique ways.

James V. Wertsch is the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts And Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Professor Wertsch has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Linkoping and the University of Oslo and is an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Education