{"product_id":"time-maps-collective-memory-and-the-social-shape-of-the-past-paperback","title":"Time Maps: Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEviatar Zerubavel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTime Maps\u003c\/i\u003e extends beyond all of the old clichés about linear, circular, and spiral patterns of historical process and provides us with models of the actual legends used to map history. It is a brilliant and elegant exercise in model building that provides new insights into some of the old questions about philosophy of history, historical narrative, and what is called straight history.\"-Hayden White, University of California, Santa Cruz \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Eviatar Zerubavel demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eTime Maps\u003c\/i\u003e, we cannot answer burning questions such as these without a deeper understanding of how we envision the past. In a pioneering attempt to map the structure of our collective memory, Zerubavel considers the cognitive patterns we use to organize the past in our minds and the mental strategies that help us string together unrelated events into coherent and meaningful narratives, as well as the social grammar of battles over conflicting interpretations of history. Drawing on fascinating examples that range from Hiroshima to the Holocaust, from Columbus to Lucy, and from ancient Egypt to the former Yugoslavia, Zerubavel shows how we construct historical origins; how we tie discontinuous events together into stories; how we link families and entire nations through genealogies; and how we separate distinct historical periods from one another through watersheds, such as the invention of fire or the fall of the Berlin Wall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most people think the Roman Empire ended in 476, even though it lasted another 977 years in Byzantium. Challenging such conventional wisdom, \u003ci\u003eTime Maps\u003c\/i\u003e will be must reading for anyone interested in how the history of our world takes shape.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Eviatar Zerubavel demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eTime Maps\u003c\/i\u003e, we cannot answer burning questions such as these without a deeper understanding of how we envision the past. In a pioneering attempt to map the structure of our collective memory, Zerubavel considers the cognitive patterns we use to organize the past in our minds and the mental strategies that help us string together unrelated events into coherent and meaningful narratives, as well as the social grammar of battles over conflicting interpretations of history. Drawing on fascinating examples that range from Hiroshima to the Holocaust, from Columbus to Lucy, and from ancient Egypt to the former Yugoslavia, Zerubavel shows how we construct historical origins; how we tie discontinuous events together into stories; how we link families and entire nations through genealogies; and how we separate distinct historical periods from one another through watersheds, such as the invention of fire or the fall of the Berlin Wall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost people think the Roman Empire ended in 476, even though it lasted another 977 years in Byzantium. Challenging such conventional wisdom, \u003ci\u003eTime Maps\u003c\/i\u003e will be must reading for anyone interested in how the history of our world takes shape.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEviatar Zerubavel\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of seven other books, including \u003ci\u003eSocial Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven-Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 187\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.04 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454460805298,"sku":"9780226981536","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bdaa7b435f2e01d15fe2772e2b553223.webp?v=1778851610","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/time-maps-collective-memory-and-the-social-shape-of-the-past-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}