1/ Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond
di Mateus PEREIRA e Valdei ARAUJO
Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, N. 43, 3|2020
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Italiano
In questo articolo discutiamo due ipotesi relative alle forme attuali di temporalizzazione: il presentismo di François Hartog e l’ampio presente di Hans-Ulrich Gumbrecht. Riteniamo che alcuni aspetti del tempo presente possono derivare dalle descrizioni di Heidegger della temporalità dell’“apertura” (Erschlossenheit), in particolare dalla dimensione “inautentica” o “impropria”. A partire da Google Ngram e da altri database, identifichiamo la crescita del campo semantico attorno alla parola “aggiornamento” dall’inizio degli anni Sessanta. La progressiva e corrispondente caduta in disuso di parole come “progresso” può indicare alcune relazioni competitive tra i due campi. Il futurismo nei primi decenni del dopoguerra sembra lasciare il posto al tempo dell’aggiornamento, con le sue specifiche forme di passato, presente e futuro.
Parole chiave: Attualismo, Concezioni storiche, Heidegger, Presentismo, tempo storico.
English
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.
Keywords: Heidegger, Historical Concepts, Historical time, Presentism, Updatism.
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Mateus 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).
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PEREIRA, Mateus, ARAUJO, Valdei, «Updatism: Gumbrecht’s broad present, Hartog’s Presentism and beyond», Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, N. 43, 3|2020
URL: <http://www.studistorici.com/2020/10/29/pereira-araujo_numero_43/>
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