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The paper examines the phenomenon of historical memory through the prism of postmodernism. In contemporary research on memory studies, historical memory is often viewed only as a tool for preserving and disseminating identity. This view is not bad, as it allows for the creation of certain institutions for working with memory, as well as the unification of approaches and practices, but it also loses the understanding of the emotionality and plurality of historical memory. Especially in wartime, problems in the historical memory of a community become even more important and can affect the emotional state of society. All of this gives the necessary impetus to take a fresh look at the existing perceptions of society about the past and how society inscribes this past in the present. The research aims to show that historical memory is a harmonious part of the postmodern present, and that the processes in historical memory reproduce the features described by postmodernists. That is why, in the author's opinion, the methodology of postmodernism provides the necessary tools for a new look at the problems of memory studies in the context of modern information technology. The study, based on the works of prominent researchers, identifies the characteristic features of postmodern methodology, such as: the absence of truth, schizophrenia, a state of flux, constant mobility and variability; everything can be perceived as a text; the death of grand narratives; the replacement of time with space; rhizomaticity. Historical memory is considered in terms of these characteristic features in the main part of the paper. The author believes that research of historical memory should be divided into several levels, from the individual to the supranational, when diametrically different points of view collide. Transition to different levels of memory allows us to clearly demonstrate the existence of contradictions and illogic in historical memory. When considering the textuality of historical memory, it is also pointed out that with the development of modern technology, historical memory is transforming from ordinary text to cybertext and hypertext. All of this proves that historical memory is an organic part of postmodernity, which allows the creation of new approaches to protecting and developing historical memory in modern information societies. It is worth noting that it is the postmodernity of historical memory that allows it to change and evolve, as well as to be preserved in the most difficult conditions. It should also be noted that the novelty of this work is that it clarifies the importance of understanding historical memory as part of postmodernity, because usually works on historical memory describe the replacement of researchers' interest in the history of an event with the history of a person, but do not describe how memory fits into postmodernity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
