«Memory Wars»: between Metaphor and Concept

The article is devoted to the study of the semantic field of "memory wars", identification of prerequisites and models of conceptualization of this concept, substantiation of the possibility of using the metaphor "memorial wars" as a concept. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research involves reference to the works of M. Foucault, R. Kozellek, M. Halbwachs, as well as to cognitive theories of metaphors (D. Lakoff, M. Johnson, A. P. Chudinov). Analysis of existing models for studying the history of concepts, analysis of specific social and discursive factors allowed us to trace the conceptualization of "memory wars" and to state the appearance of the corresponding scientific category, but additional theoretical work is needed to distinguish related concepts, as well as a clearer distinction between the metaphor "memory wars" and the corresponding scientific category.