The Humanities and the Conceptualization of Time

28 сентября в 18. 00 в Школе филологии Факультета гуманитарных наук (Старая Басманная, 21/4) в ауд. 501 с лекцией “The Humanities and the Conceptualization of Time” выступит Joachim Küpper (Freie Universität Berlin)

Язык мероприятия – английский.

Краткая аннотация лекции:

The paper will address the emergence of the disciplines we call ‘humanities’ in present-day universities. The classical (Latin) name of this group of disciplines is ‘studia humanitatis’, that is: the study of everything produced by humans (in contrast to things produced by nature, or by God). The ‘studia humanitatis’ originated in the early modern age only; medieval European universities whose standard curricula dedicated a certain attention to cultural phenomena had organized their respective studies according to a conceptual frame that differs dramatically from (early) modern humanities. The lecture will try to demonstrate that the origin of the humanities as well as their methodology are contingent upon a revolution concerning the conceptualization of time. In the fifteenth century, and for the first time in human history, the standard parameter for conceptualizing time abandoned the circular model and embraced a linear model. The prerequisites as well as the consequences of this epistemological revolution will be commented on, before detailing the consequences for cultural studies.

This lecture is conceived for a broader audience taking interest in the history of the humanities and in the diverse conceptualizations of time one may observe in the species’ cultural history at large. 

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