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This analysis reveals semiocide's impact on collective memory in Western societies, suggesting a need for cultural reflection.
This paper offers an analysis of the phenomenon I designate assemiocide ‒ the destruction of the symbolic function of culture ‒ in the context of the crisis of collective memory in contemporary Western societies. The concept is extrapolated from Ivar Puura's biosemiotics and rearticulated within the framework of cultural semiotics (Yuri Lotman), in dialogue with memory studies. The approach is situated within a transdisciplinary perspective that integrates symbolic anthropology, political philosophy, and ideological critique. The study develops a typology of semiocide (mnemonic, affective-identitarian, and ontological) and analyzes relevant cases of canon rewriting and symbolic purging in the fields of education and literature.
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