History, Collective Memories, or National Memories? How the Representation of the Past Is Framed by Master Narratives

This chapter analyzes differences between memory and history stemming from a theoretical distinction between romantic and idealized goals and enlightened and critical understanding goals of history education. National narratives and national identity are two key elements in the construction of both...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Carretero, Manuel, Van Alphen, Floor
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/710027
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/710027
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190230814.003.0013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:history education
history and memory
national narratives
identity
essentialism
moral judgments
Psicología
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Sumario:This chapter analyzes differences between memory and history stemming from a theoretical distinction between romantic and idealized goals and enlightened and critical understanding goals of history education. National narratives and national identity are two key elements in the construction of both collective memories and history education. This chapter analyzes and provides examples of theoretical and empirical work involving six different dimensions of school history narratives: a homogeneous historical subject, identification processes, heroic and idealized key historical figures, a monocausal and teleological account of historical events, moral value judgments, and an essentialist conceptualization of nation and national identity. Finally, a concise analysis of school historical re-enactments as a cultural scenario, which greatly contributes to the interiorization of the previously mentioned narratives, is presented