МАЛЫШКИН Е. В. «ДВЕ МЕТАФОРЫ ПАМЯТИ»
EVGENY MALYSHKIN «THE TWO METAPHORS OF MEMORY»

SPb.: St. Petersburg State University Press , 2011. 246 P. ISBN 978-5-288-05263-7

Summary/Abstract: The author of the book focuses on two “metaphors” of memory, i.e. two ideas about how theact of memory is carried out and how then we “restore” what is remembered. Metaphor ofstorage is absolutely understandable and familiar to every man. At first glance it seems to bea 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, oneof the main theses of the book is the claim that such a widespread understanding of memoryalthough captures some of its features, but still does not correspond to its essence and isnot able to explain its meaning. The second “metaphor” describes memory as a project. Thisapproach 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 itsessence, and puts it at the center of the human personality.

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