Maurice Halbwachs
French philosopher and sociologist
Maurice Halbwachs was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory. Halbwachs also contributed to the sociology of knowledge with his La Topographie Legendaire des Évangiles en Terre Sainte; study of... Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1877, Reims, France
Died: March 16, 1945 (age 68 years), Buchenwald Memorial, Weimar, Germany
Children: Pierre Halbwachs and Francis Halbwachs
Parents: Gustave Halbwachs
Main interests: Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Psychology
Notable ideas: Collective memory
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