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2 years ago in Philosophy By Prajwal Sharma
What are the primary mechanisms of intergenerational memory and cultural transmission, from both philosophical and social-scientific perspectives?
I'm researching historical trauma and how events like wars or oppression affect subsequent generations who didn't experience them directly. Beyond explicit storytelling, what are the channels? I've read about "postmemory," embodied practices, institutional archives, and even epigenetic changes suggested by some studies. How do philosophers of memory and social theorists conceptualize this transmission? Is it a form of collective intentionality, a social construction, or something more biologically embedded? I need a framework to understand this phenomenon.
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