European Counterimages
Problems of Periodization and Historical Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4071275 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dan Diner, Bill Templer |
| Year | 1991 |
| Issue | 53 |
| Pages | 163 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/488249 |
| OpenAlex | W2315922474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The events we are watching unfold in the heart of Europe over the last few months, weeks, and days a chain of events evolving within ever smaller spans of time invite the interested contemporary observer, fascinated and at the same time filled with a sense of apprehension, to conclude that he or she is witnessing a profound historical change. And there is no doubt that something has indeed come to an though one might certainly debate just what that something is. Attempts to grasp this dynamic change are beset by an additional complication, namely that such a diagnostic enterprise tries to place events into a historical framework, to explore the locus of the present within one's readings of the past. The diagnosis of the current moment dons a historiographical costume, so to speak. It is thus no surprise when the outcroppings of such views include presumptuous claims that the end of is upon us, accompanied by a triumphant gesture alleging the victory of one form of society and polity over another. Last summer, in a widely discussed article, the American Francis Fukujama proclaimed the final victory of western liberalism over its totalitarian alternatives in this century: fascism and communism. The open society, it seems, has finally defeated its enemies; history appears to be approaching its fulfillment. As true as this apodictic, utterly certain realization of the victory of western values over their totalitarian alternatives may appear, the associated and highly questionable formula about the supposed end of should give us pause for thought. Paradoxically, that notion reminds us of previous totalitarian temptations in history, since the
Ancient history · Periodization · Political science · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2018 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |