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The politics of time, the politics of history: who are my contemporaries?

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The article focuses on the notion of the ‘politics of time’ from a performative point of view. I aim to show that periodization is a way we act upon time. The first part of the article argues that, during the nineteenth century, ‘contemporaneity’ began to be understood as ‘sharing the present’. I focus mainly on the writings of Taine and Tocqueville. I then show the normative presupposition underlying the ‘contemporaneity/non-contemporaneity issue’. Finally, I explore its consequences for a Western conception of the present.

Source: Rethinking History

DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2019.1677295

Author: María Inés Mudrovcic

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy, History, and Historiography

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2990883946

FWCI: 22.86

Cites: 24

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10