Spomin obravnavamo kot »sposobnost
« (Ricoeur) pripovedovanja o preteklih
dogodkih. Med pretekle dogodke
umeščamo tudi tekstovne pojave.
Sanktpeterburški spomin je po eni
strani zgodba o tem, kako so bili pripovedovani
zgodovinski in vsakodnevni
dogodki, po drugi pa o tem, kako se
je iz različnih pripovedi izoblikoval
ustaljeni spomin. Sanktpeterburška
kultura je nasičena s »protislovji« in
»nasprotji«, ki jih je sicer mogoče preseči,
obenem pa je prav v njih mogoče
zaznati klice sodobnejšega mišljenja o
stvarnosti, ki je osnovana na razliki. Memory is the “capacity” (Ricoeur)
to recount past time. Past events
include textual events. The memory
of St Petersburg is the story of how
historic and everyday events have been
recounted and the history of how a
shared memory has been formed from
diverse narratives. The city's culture is
full of “contradictions” and “contrasts”.
In one sense they may be observed in
terms of how they are overcome, in
another they may be viewed positively
as the manifestation of another way of
perceiving reality based on difference.
