Time Bandits, Historians, and Concepts of Bad Times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4929879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Ifversen (0000-0002-2572-1264, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| 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.2017.120201 |
| OpenAlex | W2772329699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Within the history of concepts, the conceptualization of time is central. Historical actors rely on their experiences for orientation in the present, and they produce expectations about the future. To imagine their horizons of expectation they need concepts about the future. When the future becomes difficult to conceive of for a variety of reasons, they take refuge in concepts describing unruly and uncertain times such as crisis or chaos. Times when the future is completely out of reach because the present seems unbearable might be termed catastrophic. Also, historians in general make use of temporal concepts to narrate their histories. They are like time bandits that manipulate time. Following last year's conference organized by the History of Concepts Group on key concepts in times of crisis, this article takes issue with the discussion of concepts describing bad times within conceptual history
Conceptual history · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · History · Law · Media Influence and Health · Philosophy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |