Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond
In this article we discuss two hypotheses related to current forms of temporalization: the Presentism of François Hartog and the Broad Present of Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht. We argue that certain aspects of the present time can be derived from Heidegger`s descriptions of the temporality of “opening” (Ers...
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| description | In this article we discuss two hypotheses related to current forms of temporalization: the Presentism of François Hartog and the Broad Present of Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht. We argue that certain aspects of the present time can be derived from Heidegger`s descriptions of the temporality of “opening” (Erschlossenheit), in particular from the “inauthentic” or “improper” dimension. On the basis of Google Ngram and other databases, we identify the growth of the semantic field around the word “update” since the early nineteen-sixties. The loss of energy of words like “progress” in similar proportion may indicate some competitive relations between the two fields. Futurism in the first decades of the postwar period seems to give way to what we call an updatist time, with its own forms of past, present and future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03ec0bc733de46f590f988a0f9e392be2022-12-22T01:18:53ZengDiacronieDiacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea2038-09252038-09252020-10-01123120Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyondMateus PEREIRA0Valdei ARAUJO1Mateus H. F. PEREIRA is History professor at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil. Author of several books and articles, is specialized in the field of Theory and History of Historiography. Recently published with Valdej Araujo and Mayra Marques Almanaque da COVID-19: 150 dias para não esquecer ou a história do encontro entre um presidente fake e um virus real (Vitória, Milfontes, 2020). Is also author – with Valdej Araujo – of the book Atualismo 1.0. Como a ideia de atualização mudou o século XXI (Ouro Preto, SBTHH, 2018) and organizers – with Valdej Araujo and Bruna Klem – of Do Fake ao Fato: (des)atualizando Bolsonaro (Vitória, Milfontes, 2020).Valdei ARAUJO is History professor at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil. Author of several books and articles, is specialized in the field of Theory and History of Historiography. Recently published with Mateus Pereira and Mayra Marques Almanaque da COVID-19: 150 dias para não esquecer ou a história do encontro entre um presidente fake e um virus real (Vitória, Milfontes, 2020). Is also author – with Mateus Pereira – of the book Atualismo 1.0. Como a ideia de atualização mudou o século XXI (Ouro Preto, SBTHH, 2018) and organizers – with Mateus Pereira and Bruna Klem – of Do Fake ao Fato: (des)atualizando Bolsonaro (Vitória, Milfontes, 2020).In this article we discuss two hypotheses related to current forms of temporalization: the Presentism of François Hartog and the Broad Present of Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht. We argue that certain aspects of the present time can be derived from Heidegger`s descriptions of the temporality of “opening” (Erschlossenheit), in particular from the “inauthentic” or “improper” dimension. On the basis of Google Ngram and other databases, we identify the growth of the semantic field around the word “update” since the early nineteen-sixties. The loss of energy of words like “progress” in similar proportion may indicate some competitive relations between the two fields. Futurism in the first decades of the postwar period seems to give way to what we call an updatist time, with its own forms of past, present and future.http://www.studistorici.com/2020/10/29/pereira-araujo_numero_43/attualismoconcezioni storicheheideggerpresentismotempo storicohistorical conceptshistorical timepresentismupdatism. |
| spellingShingle | Mateus PEREIRA Valdei ARAUJO Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea attualismo concezioni storiche heidegger presentismo tempo storico historical concepts historical time presentism updatism. |
| title | Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond |
| title_full | Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond |
| title_fullStr | Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond |
| title_short | Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond |
| title_sort | updatism gumbrecht s broad present hartog s presentism and beyond |
| topic | attualismo concezioni storiche heidegger presentismo tempo storico historical concepts historical time presentism updatism. |
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