ABSTRACT
I do not intend to provide a detailed analysis of the vast literature on the relationship between history and memory, history and politics, tradition and culture, myth and scholarship, historical epistemology, and historical consciousness. For this book, I turn to basic notions and approaches with a purely utilitarian goal: I use them to establish the conceptual framework of my own narrative. Drawing on the experience of several researchers who have already offered their perspective on the questions guiding this study, I will formulate my own definitions to form a base for my narrative.
