Rethinking the systematics of history with Jean Baechler beyond Reinhart Koselleck – the challenge of the three M's (meta, macro, micro)

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ID7094137
AuthorsAlexandre Escudier (0000-0001-6107-3578, Centre de Recherches Politiques de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue1
Pages117-135
Publication date2021-06-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory of European Ideas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01916599.2021.1937890
OpenAlexW3169081912
LanguageEN
References cited11

The article develops three complementary lines of argument. It first points to the great theoretical gap that characterizes Koselleck's work: quasi-transcendental anthropology on the one hand, and historical semantics on the other. The hybrid status of historical semantics, both macro- and micro- sociological, is also specified. Secondly, the article critiques the neo-Hobbesianism implicit in Koselleck's historical ontology. Departing from Jean Baechler's anthropology, it reformulates the conceptual framework within which the initial foundational ambition could be maintained without however renewing the aporiai of the Koselleckian systematics. Finally, it asks how to connect the three M's (the meta-historical, the macro- and the micro-sociological levels). The solution focuses on the core aspects of the intermediate, macro-sociological level to make the case for a heuristic reciprocal hybridization of meta-historical anthropology, of comparative historical sociology and of the pragmatic history of historical semantics

Argument (complex analysis · Conceptual history · Epistemology · Linguistics · Macro · Ontology · Politics · Reciprocal · Semantics (computer science · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Religion and Society Interactions

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