Description
Im’ya Aleydy Assman vidome bud′-komu, chto chocha b pobizhno torkavsya doslidnyts′koho polya Memory Studies. Kozhnoyi yiyi knyhy chekayut′ z neterpinnyam, adzhe vona staye podiyeyu. Mynule/pam’yat′ ye dlya Assman ne polem preparuvannya mertvoho, a prostorom poshuku vidpovidi na pytannya pro pryrodu sotsial′noho zhyttya, pro tsinnosti, scho pokladeni v osnovu fenomenu tsyvilizatsiyi. Katastrofichna real′nist′ CHCH stolittya, vyklyky suchasnoyi tsyvilizatsiyi z prokreslennyam novych liniy svitovoho protystoyannya, zat′marennya obrazu maybutn′oho ta sproby vtechi v mynule – os′ kolo tych pytan′, yaki Assman rozhlyadaye, aby zrozumity, chym ye suchasna YEvropa. V umovach nesterpnosti s′ohodnishnich vyklykiv doslidnytsya zaproshuye do vdumlyvoho i retel′noho opratsyuvannya etychnych pryntsypiv – ta shukaye v istoriyi vychidnu tochku toho etychnoho rishennya, yake umozhlyvlyuye fenomen spil′noho zhyttya lyudey. Spil′ne zhyttya ye krychkym, vono postiyno balansuye na mezhi katastrofy. Staranno navedeni chervoni liniyi zmyvayut′sya chvylyamy nasyl′stva. Provivshy chytacha cherez tochky spryynyattya y osmyslennya etychnych rishen′, Assman zanuryuyet′sya v sutnist′ fenomenu prav lyudyny, schob v takyy sposib pidvesty chytacha do neobchidnosti osmyslennya sche odnoho «kyta» suchasnoyi tsyvilizatsiyi – ponyattya vidpovidal′nosti. Ne til′ky prav, ale y obov’yazkiv. U teperishn′omu sviti, yakyy tak tyazhiye do chaosu, lyshe postiyne plekannya umov spil′noho zhyttya povertaye mistse dlya nadiyi.
