Breaking up Time

Download or read book Breaking up Time written by Chris Lorenz and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.