The Time of Politics, the Politics of Time, and Politicized Time

An Introduction to Chronopolitics

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4495889
AutoresFernando Esposito (University of Konstanz), Tobias Becker (0009-0003-9004-5447, Freie Universität Berlin)
Año2023
Volumen62
Número4
Páginas3-23
Fecha de publicación2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHistory and Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hith.12324
OpenAlexW4387673324
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas9

Time is so deeply interwoven with all aspects of politics that its centrality to the political is frequently overlooked. For one, politics has its own times and rhythms. Secondly, time can be an object and an instrument of politics. Thirdly, temporal attributes are used not only to differentiate basic political principles but also to legitimize or delegitimize politics. Finally, politics aims at realizing futures in the present or preventing them from materializing. Consequently, the relationship between politics and time encompasses a broad spectrum of phenomena and processes that cry out for historicization. In our introduction to this History and Theory theme issue on chronopolitics, we argue that the concept of chronopolitics makes it possible to do this and, in the process, to move the operation of rethinking historical temporalities from the periphery toward the center of historiographical attention as well as to engage in a dialogue with scholars from a wide range of disciplines. To this end, we propose a broad concept of chronopolitics by discussing existing definitions, by distinguishing between three central dimensions of chronopolitics (the time of politics, the politics of time, and politicized time), and by systematizing possible approaches to studying chronopolitics

Centrality · Epistemology · Futures contract · Historiography · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Temporalities · Temporality · Theme (computing · Australian History and Society · Computer Science · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography