The Politics of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3866038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theo Jung (0000-0002-4280-1952, University of Freiburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-49 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contributions to the History of Concepts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1807-9326 • E-ISSN: 1874-656X |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/choc.2014.090102 |
| OpenAlex | W2048963371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article traces the uses of zeitgeist in early nineteenth-century European political discourse. To explain the concept's explosive takeoff in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, two perspectives are combined. On the one hand, the concept is shown to be a key element in the new, "temporalized" discourses of cultural reflection emerging during this time. On the other, its pragmatic value as a linguistic tool in concrete political constellations is outlined on the basis of case studies from French, British, and German political discourse. Developing this two-sided perspective, the article sheds light on an important aspect of early nineteenth-century political discourse while also pointing to some general considerations concerning the relationship between the semantic and pragmatic analysis of historical language use
Aesthetics · Art · Constellation · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Zeitgeist · Classical Studies and Philology · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |