Maurice Halbwachs (pronounced [ˌmɔˈʁis ˈalbˌvaks], 11 March 1877 - 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory.
Born in Reims, Halbwachs attended the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. There he studied philosophy with Henri Bergson, who influenced him greatly. He aggregated in Philosophy in 1901. He taught at various lycées before traveling to Germany in 1904, where he studied at t...
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Maurice Halbwachs (pronounced [ˌmɔˈʁis ˈalbˌvaks], 11 March 1877 - 16 March 1945) was a French philosopher and sociologist known for developing the concept of collective memory.
Born in Reims, Halbwachs attended the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. There he studied philosophy with Henri Bergson, who influenced him greatly. He aggregated in Philosophy in 1901. He taught at various lycées before traveling to Germany in 1904, where he studied at the University of Göttingen and worked on cataloging Leibniz's papers. He was nominated to co-edit an edition of Leibniz's work which never came to fruition. He returned to France in 1905 where he met Émile Durkheim and became interested in sociology. He soon joined the editorial board of L'Année Sociologique, where he worked with François Simiand editing the Economics and Statistics section. In 1909, he returned to Germany to study Marxism and economics in Berlin.
Throughout World War I, Halbwachs worked at the War Ministry. Shortly after the...
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