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- Title
Die Terminologie von Epochen - Überlegungen am Beispiel Frühe Neuzeit/,early modern'.
- Authors
Nipperdey, Justus
- Abstract
This article focuses on the relationship between the names given to historical periods and the attributed substance of that period. It argues that the possibility of a neutralisation in terms of substantive meaning depends on the terminology used to delineate a historical period. Considering the example of 'early modern history' the article sketches the usage of that term in twentieth century historiography. While it is clear that the concept cannot escape the inherent teleology of modernity succeeding pre-modern ages, the analysis shows that historians have used 'early modern' in surprisingly divers ways trying to overcome the semantic meaning of the term itself.
- Subjects
HISTORY of historiography; HISTORY; NAMES; MODERN history; SEMANTICS; CONCEPTUAL history; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Berichte zur Wissenschafts-Geschichte, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 2, p170
- ISSN
0170-6233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bewi.201501719