World time as a global event
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zaki Laïdi (Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de Sciences Po, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 94-119 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650040008407682 |
| OpenAlex | W2003351206 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
In Faire l’Histoire, Pierre Nora alludes to the reappearance of events in historical problematics by recalling that all modem historiography had expunged 'events' so that the importance of 'long time' might gain acceptance. Yet, more than 20 years later, this judgement not only retains all of i t pertinence but proves to be a genuine methodological imperative for all disciplines, not only history. In fact, the profound changes taking place in geopolitics, economics, technology and culture force us to rethink events in their global dimension. 'The colossal event', which Nora talked about, is occurring on a global scale. Of course the problem of the global event could be interpreted as a resurgence of the opposition between the problem of the event and that of long time. But this dichotomy does not have much meaning. The problem of long time freed itself from 'factual events' in order to defend and promote the problem of history. The problem of world time is similar to what might be called 'the event-problem', as opposed to 'factual events'. What does this mean? Quite simply that world time is a matrix of problems, questions and reproblematisations based on events located in time. This 'reproblematisation' does not do away with long time. It simply seeks to release the macro-social interpretation from the straitjacket of linear historicity, which, by ignoring turning points o r accelerations, is reduced to standardising time, and thus to denying it
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |