Abstract
Modern society considers itself moving forward in time and space, which are seen as open containers. Sociology, which was formed as a self-perception of modern society, depicts society in the same manner. "Modernization" and "globalization" are examples of this picture.
This paper refers to the studies of time by E. Husserl, A. Schütz, and M. Halbwachs and examines an alternative conception of time as "vertically accumulating time," in place of the modern understanding of time as "horizontally elapsing time."
They envisioned the past not as elapsing and vanishing but as accumulating and remaining in the present. E. Husserl formulated the concepts of Retention and Wiedererinnerung as acts of consciousness involving the retention and reproduction of past experiences in the present. A. Schütz extended Husserl's analysis of inner time consciousness to intersubjective experiences and showed that past experiences accumulate in the social world. M. Halbwachs focused his attention on space, upon which the past has left its traces. He saw the past not as being retained in the individual consciousness but in the collective space.
These considerations lead to an understanding of time and space, which is different from the modern conception and under which time is tied to place, and memory is tied to space.
