Abstrakt: | The author reflects on memory as a cultural category. Memory
belongs to the order of the world of culture and controls the
rules of social life, both group and individual. Memory is a cultural
value, an axiological basis, without which it is impossible
to imagine social life in its many forms (nation, state, church,
family, university, etc.). By connecting the present with the past,
memory opens the view to the future. Memory is needed to understand
the processes and complexities of modern times, and at
the same time is a necessary instrument in forecasting and constructing
the course and shape of future social life forms and cultural
forms. The author characterizes the importance of memory,
its roles and functions in society and culture. Finally, it signals
the problem of constructing oblivion and introduces categories
of memory transfusion. |