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Question: What is the theory of collective representation!?
Who came up with it and in what area of mythology(i!.e!. Greek, Celtic, American Indian)!? Excuse me if my "Proper" use of English is off!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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In "Elementary Forms of the Religious Life," Durkheim presents his concept of the collective representation as a solution to a basic problem of Kantian epistemology – the problem of the origin of the categories of understanding!. http://theoryandscience!.icaap!.org/conten!.!.!.
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A collective representation is simply a shared phenomenon created by and through our thinking!. Taken together, collective representations constitute nothing less than "the world we all accept as real" Www@QuestionHome@Com

it has to do with the theories of Durkheim and Freud, so it's not only mythological but also psychoanalytical Www@QuestionHome@Com