Prostranstva: fizicheski i virtualni
SPACES: PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th Century among the many historical changes we have to remark also a deep transformation in the way of thinking and of living space. In the philosophical culture of the time the consciousness of a plurality of space systems is widely spreading and, at the same time, grows the belief of the immanence of all the points of view. While, the social life has been changed by the new means of transport, by the birth of metropolis, by the presence of colonial empires... On the other hand, close to the physical spaces some virtual spaces are growing: the spaces which are created by the communication through media. In that period the press has already formed a virtual space populated by flows of news. Other wide virtual spaces will be then opened by cinema, radio, television and computers. Under these conditions the meaning of the word “space” is changing: on one side the use of denoting remains with reference to the physical spaces, on the other one we are witnessing a large metaphorical use. Finally, it is important to pay attention to the great number of spatial determinations which are present in our language in the form of metaphors, and to recognise the power of representation that spatial metaphors are able to carry out in our complex society.

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