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1. TIMES OF THE EVENT: AN INTRODUCTION
Author(s) -
JUNG THEO,
KARLA ANNA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
history and theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1468-2303
pISSN - 0018-2656
DOI - 10.1111/hith.12193
Subject(s) - temporality , conceptualization , event (particle physics) , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , historiography , history , point (geometry) , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , archaeology , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , quantum mechanics , geometry
This introduction sets the stage for the following contributions by outlining the current state of research on the two fundamental categories that this forum brings together: the event and time. In a brief survey, we discuss the ways in which the temporality of events has been theorized across disciplines. We also present our core argument for understanding the event as a temporal focal point . In dialogue with existing approaches, we seek to develop a theoretically enriched and empirically fruitful conceptualization of the event, thus offering new perspectives to the academic historiography of events as well as to historical culture at large.