Abstract: The production and reproduction of social memory can be divided into four aspects:evocation,reconstruction,solidification and inscription.Time and space is one of the basic attributes of social memory,which is along with the transformation and disappearance of social memory.To some extent,the order of time and space depends on the existence of different social memory.The memory contains two cores:(1) Social memory is a kind of discourse,which is a static kernel of social memory;(2) Social memory is a process of power game,which is a dynamic kernel of social memory.In the context of political philosophy,the essence of social memory is to battle of the different subjects of power through the control of discourse in the whole field of political society,and it not only promotes the development of the society from the concept to the fact itself,but also is an important way of social change.

Key words: social memory, political philosophy, time and space, power