Breaking up Time - Negotiating the Borders between Present, Past and Future

Thirteen expert historians and philosophers address basic questions on historical time and on the distinctions between past, present and future. Their contributions are organised around four themes: the relation between time and modernity; the issue of ruptures in time and the influence of catastrophic events such as revolutions and wars on temporal distinctions; the philosophical analysis of historical time and temporal distinctions; and the construction of time outside Europe through processes of colonialism, imperialism, and globalisation.

About the author

Chris Lorenz lehrt Geschichte an der VU University Amsterdam.

Product details

• Assisted by: Berbe Bevernage (Editor), Berber Bevernage (Editor), Chris Lorenz (Editor), Jörg Später (Editor)
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2013
• EAN: 9783525310465
• ISBN: 978-3-525-31046-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Illustrations: mit einer Grafik
• Series: Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History 7; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History 7
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries