'''Collective memory''' is a term coined by Maurice_Halbwachs, separating the notion from the individual memory. The collective memory is shared, passed on and also constructed by the group, or modern society. The debate was taken up by Assmann, who wrote ''Das_kulturelle_Gedächtnis'' (''The Cultural Memory''). == Collective Memory and Memorialization == The collective memory of a nation is represented in part by the memorials it chooses to erect. Public memory is enshrined in memorials from the newly opened Holocaust memorial in Berlin to the Vietnam Veteran's memorial in Washington_DC. Whatever a nation chooses to memorialize in physical monument, or perhaps more significantly, what not to memorialize, is an indicator of the collective memory. == See also == * Pierre_Nora, places of memory. * Meme {{philo-stub}} Category:Social_philosophy Category:Sociology Fr:Mémoire_collective Pt:Memória_coletiva