An analysis of how the construction of symbols changes historically in
relation to other historical circumstances permits us to see the kind of symbol
time is, how it has been used for centuries to represent concrete, specific, determined relationships between human beings and their environment (the time for
milking, the new moon, cock crow, the coming of spring) up to the present
almost complete abstraction. To fix a date for the day of harvesting the wheat or
fix it for 26.7.2001 implies the use of very different relational symbols. The first
requires there to be certain social practices in life which are shared, that there be
agreement on when and where certain collective activities should occur, while
the second does not demand any context and can therefore be applied to an
infinite number of situations. It can serve to organize the most varied situations
in any geographical area, in any climate, in the most disparate social and economic conditions.
Simonetta Tabboni
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