Utopia, Nostalgia: Intersections

The experience of the past, which is, after all, a present experience, itself contributes to the creation of the future; our effort to bring about ‘again’ the appearance of an old experience actually leads to a new experience. And as St. Augustine said, everything is present, even the past and the future; likewise, we could say: everything is future, even the past, which is a past-future and (...) a past yet to come or a future that has already come to pass. All the more, the past of passéism...