The Fabric of Historical Time (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice)

Simon, Zoltán Boldizsár/ Tamm, Marek

Cambridge University Press（2023/09発売）

Cambridge University Press（2023/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009108331
• DDC分類 901

Full Description

Historical time is a notoriously elusive notion. Yet, as societies attempt to make sense of rapidly changing worlds, it gains a new significance in the twenty-first century. This Element sketches a theory of historical time as based on a distinction between temporality and historicity. It approaches the fabric of historical time as varying relational arrangements and interactions of multiple temporalities and historicities. In the fabric, kinds of temporalities and historicities emerge, come to being, fade out, transform, cease to exist, merge, coexist, overlap, arrange and rearrange in constellations, and clash and conflict in a dynamic without a predetermined plot. The Element pays special attention to the more-than-human temporalities of the Anthropocene, the technology-fueled historicities of runaway changes, and the conflicts in the fabric of historical time at the intersections of technological, ecological, and social change.

Contents

Introduction: the fabric of historical time; 1. Modern historical time and its exhaustion; 2. A new multiplicity of historical times; 3. Conflicts in the fabric of historical time; 4. One fabric, many times: a resolution; Bibliography.