Book:
(Social Memory and History, Anthropological Perspectives, Edited by Jacob J. Climo and Maria G. Cattell.)
(Extract from page 1)
"Without memory, groups could not distinguish themselves one from another, whether family, friends, governments, institutions, ethnic groups, or any other collectively, nor would they know whether or how to negotiate, fight, or cooperate with each other. From the simplest everyday tasks to the most complicated, we all rely on memories to give meaning to our lives: to tell us who we are, what we need to do, how to do it, where we belong, and how to live with other people."
This statement is horribly true, it’s quite possible that the memory is the single most important aspect to humans, without it we as a species would never have evolved in the social way we have today, it would be, as described in the extract completely devastating to become unable to grasp past experiences, we primarily learn all our abilities through this method, with memory also comes understanding and the knowledge to approach a situation differently than before.
Memory defines who we are, but also shapes us as a nation and as a world.
Without memory I believe we can be described as almost soulless, and would lead empty existences.
Of course memory alone cannot be responsible for our advanced evolution, but more so the understanding that comes side by side with memory, without understanding we could not analyse what makes something what it is, and with further analysis you can determine the factors behind the initial facts, giving us depth of thought, not only can questions like what is that tree, become clear, but also questions like why is that tree there, what drives it? It's this advanced thinking that has progressed us from other species.
I did not finish this book, but not for no reason, it seemed to be constantly repeating what I already know now through the various researches I have done regarding the subject.
Talking about how memory affects politics, culture and economic cycles seems almost obvious, also how the memory affects social aspects and our own perception of memories works. It just seemed like I was covering old ground, with little point to follow.
History dictates memory but history cannot exist without memory, I have explored how memory is called and how its part fake, I've covered the meaning of memory, but I have not self analysed my own opinions of memory, and will do so in the next post.
(Social Memory and History, Anthropological Perspectives, Edited by Jacob J. Climo and Maria G. Cattell.)
(Extract from page 1)
"Without memory, groups could not distinguish themselves one from another, whether family, friends, governments, institutions, ethnic groups, or any other collectively, nor would they know whether or how to negotiate, fight, or cooperate with each other. From the simplest everyday tasks to the most complicated, we all rely on memories to give meaning to our lives: to tell us who we are, what we need to do, how to do it, where we belong, and how to live with other people."
This statement is horribly true, it’s quite possible that the memory is the single most important aspect to humans, without it we as a species would never have evolved in the social way we have today, it would be, as described in the extract completely devastating to become unable to grasp past experiences, we primarily learn all our abilities through this method, with memory also comes understanding and the knowledge to approach a situation differently than before.
Memory defines who we are, but also shapes us as a nation and as a world.
Without memory I believe we can be described as almost soulless, and would lead empty existences.
Of course memory alone cannot be responsible for our advanced evolution, but more so the understanding that comes side by side with memory, without understanding we could not analyse what makes something what it is, and with further analysis you can determine the factors behind the initial facts, giving us depth of thought, not only can questions like what is that tree, become clear, but also questions like why is that tree there, what drives it? It's this advanced thinking that has progressed us from other species.
I did not finish this book, but not for no reason, it seemed to be constantly repeating what I already know now through the various researches I have done regarding the subject.
Talking about how memory affects politics, culture and economic cycles seems almost obvious, also how the memory affects social aspects and our own perception of memories works. It just seemed like I was covering old ground, with little point to follow.
History dictates memory but history cannot exist without memory, I have explored how memory is called and how its part fake, I've covered the meaning of memory, but I have not self analysed my own opinions of memory, and will do so in the next post.
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