Chronos - The West Confronts Time

In Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning points in our relationship to time. François Hartog considers the genealogy of Western temporalities, examining the order of times and the divisions of time into epochs.

List of contents

To Readers of the English Edition
Preface: The Undeducible Present
Introduction: From the Greeks to the Christians
1. The Christian Regime of Historicity: Chronos Between Kairos and Krisis
2. The Christian Order of Time and Its Spread
3. Negotiating with Chronos
4. Dissonance and Fissures
5. In the Thrall of Chronos
6. Chronos Destituted, Chronos Restored
Conclusion: The Anthropocene and History
Notes
Index

About the author

François Hartog. Translated by S. R. Gilbert.

Summary

In Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning points in our relationship to time. François Hartog considers the genealogy of Western temporalities, examining the order of times and the divisions of time into epochs.

Product details

• Authors: Francois Hartog, François Hartog
• Assisted by: Samuel Ross Gilbert (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9780231203135
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20313-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Historiography, world history, General & world history, History of Religion, Historiography, General and world history