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Jan Assmann
Researcher at University of Konstanz
Publications - 289
Citations - 7314
Jan Assmann is an academic researcher from University of Konstanz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cultural memory & Monotheism. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 287 publications receiving 6802 citations. Previous affiliations of Jan Assmann include Heidelberg University & Kansai University.
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Collective Memory and Cultural Identity
Jan Assmann,John Czaplicka +1 more
TL;DR: In the third decade of this century, the sociologist Maurice Halbwachs and the art historian Aby Warburg independently developed' two theories of a "collective" or "social memory" as mentioned in this paper.
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Das kulturelle Gedächtnis : Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen
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Communicative and Cultural Memory
TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of a canon of "classical" or "sacred" texts requires techniques of interpretation to keep accessible the meaning of the texts that may no longer be altered or multiplied.
Book
Moses the Egyptian : The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
TL;DR: Mnemohistory and the construction of Egypt suppressed history, repressed memory - Moses and Akhenaten before the law - John Spencer as Egyptologist the Moses discourse in the 18th century Sigmund Freud - the return of the repressed conceiving the One in ancient Egyptian traditions abolishing the Mosaic distinction - relgious antagonism and its overcoming as discussed by the authors.