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EVGENY MALYSHKIN
THE TWO METAPHORS OF MEMORY
SPb.: St. Petersburg State University Press , 2011. 246 P.
| Title in the language of publication: |
ЕВГЕНИЙ МАЛЫШКИН «ДВЕ МЕТАФОРЫ ПАМЯТИ» Спб.: Изд-во Санкт-Петерб. гос. ун-та, 2011. — 246 с. |
| Author: | Igor Evlampiev |
| Issue: | HORIZON. Studies in Phenomenology. Vol. 3, №1 (2014), 272-279 |
| Language: | Russian |
| Document Type: | Review |
| PDF (Downloads: 2927) |
Abstract
The author of the book focuses on two “metaphors” of memory, i.e. two ideas about how the
act of memory is carried out and how then we “restore” what is remembered. Metaphor of
storage is absolutely understandable and familiar to every man. At first glance it seems to be
a universal form of memory. We are all in our everyday experience believe that memories are
“stored” in a certain area of our consciousness and recovered from it if needed. However, one
of the main theses of the book is the claim that such a widespread understanding of memory
although captures some of its features, but still does not correspond to its essence and is
not able to explain its meaning. The second “metaphor” describes memory as a project. This
approach seems to be paradoxical (because the project is something adressed in the future),
but the author shows convincingly that only an understanding of the memory can grasp its
essence, and puts it at the center of the human personality.
Key words
Metaphor, memory, personality, store, project, imprint, neglect, Plato, St. Augustine, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Henri-Louis Bergson.
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