Pierre Nora
is Professor of History at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Amongst other publications, he is the editor of Les lieux de memoire, Paris 1984-93 and editor of the magazine Le débat.
Eurozine Articles
Reasons for the current upsurge in memory
Over the past quarter century, social structures have undergone a sea change in their traditional relationship to the past. Pierre Nora examines the roots and causes of "memorialism". [Hungarian and Lithuanian versions added] [more]





