Studia Historica: Historia Contemporánea (Mar 2015)
The culture of memory. A new stocktaking of relevant bibliography
Abstract
This article reviews recent bibliographic output on the culture of memory in Spain, an issue highly susceptible to political interference. Given that the “memorial approach” is diverse, two different planes must be analysed.One, the more critical, has generated extensive discussions and a deep division within historiography around the compatibility between History and Memory or the abuses thereof. It also caused some quarrelling between historians when the issue of historical memory achieved both political prominence and social relevance. The second plane, more harmonious with civil society, has found comfort in other disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, law, sociology and psychology.
