The main form of experiencing time (change) concerns continuity/discontinuity. These are obviously polar categories which can only be defined in
terms of each other, since they complement each other and are only capable
of consideration in their reciprocity. We experience discontinuity when we
realize that a change has taken place in some part of our reality: in our body,
in our thoughts, in the physical or social world around us. This type of
experience stems from an event, in relation to which one can see a before and
after, something referred to in expressions like ‘from then on’ or ‘from that
day on’. In individual and collective life memory is structured round events
like this, which become particularly significant when one reflects on one’s
own identity. When we want to define ourselves either individually or collectively, a fundamental role is given to this experience of change, in which
memory is anchored to the event in pronouncing a future project.
Simonetta Tabboni
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