Regimes of Historicity: Presentism and Experiences of Time

by François Hartog

Book Overview

Fran ois Hartog explores crucial moments of change in society's "regimes of historicity," or its ways of relating to the past, present, and future. Inspired by Hannah Arendt, Reinhart Koselleck, and Paul Ricoeur, Hartog analyzes a broad range of texts, positioning The Odyssey as a work on the threshold of historical consciousness and contrasting it with an investigation of the anthropologist Marshall Sahlins's concept of "heroic history."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231163770
• ISBN13: 9780231163774
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher