Imaginaries. Representations and Social Memories

In this article after synthetizing essential features of Serge Moscovici's Social Representations theory, Cornelius Castoriadi's theory on Imaginaries, and Maurice Halbwachs's Social Memory theory, the author compares them in terms of the objectives of each theory, the object of each theory, their conception of society, their conception of the individual, and the role each one attributes to images. Finally conclusions concerning theoretical and metatheoretical similarities and differences between them are discussed.