Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: So it's not short memory that's at stake here, but another opportunity?"1Krzysztof Siwczyk W e give our attention to memory because we as- sume -not without good reason -that it acts as the scaffolding for both individual and collective identity.Memory does not merely concern the past, but it intertwines with present experiences, imposing patterns that are sourced from the past upon the world as it is seen and experienced.It interferes with the way we perceive the world, influencing our participation in life and the planned future.To investigate memory is to reach deep into the matrices of meaning, which codetermine the range of questions that can be directed at the actual world, it is to search for those images and narratives that still exert influence.Memory is therefore not so much a depository of history, but more of a co-creator of each and every present.1 Krzysztof Siwczyk, "Zdania z treścią" [Sentences with content][2003],
Source: Teksty Drugie
Author: Przemysław Czapliński
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401342604