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Pierre Nora (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ nɔʁa]; born 17 November 1931) is a French historian elected to the Académie Française on 7 June 2001. He is known for his work on French identity and memory.
An essay by Pierre Nora, a French historian and theorist, on the difference and relation between memory and history. He argues that modern societies are characterized by the acceleration of history and the erosion of memory, and that lieux de memoire are sites where memory crystallizes and persists.
A review of Realms of Memory, a three-volume English edition of Lieux de mémoire, a collaborative project by Pierre Nora on the construction of the French past. The review explores the concept of memory sites, the history of the second degree, and the tensions and divisions in French national identity.
Oct 11, 2022 · "Les Lieux de memoire is perhaps one of the most profound historical documents on the history and culture of the French nation. Assembled by Pierre Nora during the Mitterand years, this multivolume series has been hailed as a magnificent achievement ...
May 20, 2016 · Patrick Hutton examines the French historian's project on the deconstruction of the French national memory and its impact on historical writing. He discusses Nora's conception, organization, and reception of the memory phenomenon, as well as its challenges and limitations.
- Patrick H. Hutton
- 2016
May 4, 2020 · A series of major social and political changes in French society of the 1970s reduced consciousness of the nation-state, and individualized historical memory and counter-memories and identities became increasingly prominent as the historical memory of the Lavissian nation-state fragmented.
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Michael Rothberg reviews Pierre Nora's influential project on sites of memory and its impact on memory studies. He challenges Nora's binary opposition between history and memory, his linear narrative of modernity, and his exclusion of imperial and minoritarian histories.
