Making periodisation possible. The concept of the course of time (Zeitverlaufsvorstellung) in historical thinking

Fiche du document

Date

13 mars 2018

Discipline
Type de document
Périmètre
Identifiant
Organisation

OpenEdition


Sujets proches En

Hours (Time)

Citer ce document

Editorial Board, « Making periodisation possible. The concept of the course of time (Zeitverlaufsvorstellung) in historical thinking », Chronologics. Periodisation in a global context, ID : 10670/1.v9xl1k


Métriques


Partage / Export

Résumé 0

Preprint Jörn Rüsen 1. Levels of time in historical thinking Periodization is a cognitive procedure by which the totality of history is divided into several parts. This partition makes it easier to concretize the course of history and to concentrate on special issues of understanding the past. The periods we are familiar with (like antiquity, medieval time, early modern history, contemporary history etc.) are well established. Nevertheless, from time to time they have been criticized as ou...

document thumbnail

Par les mêmes auteurs

Sur les mêmes sujets

Sur les mêmes disciplines

Exporter en