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New eras rather than the end of eras? The cyclical nature and evolution of a concept are subjected to interdisciplinary scrutiny. The swan song for eras has long been unmistakable in the humanities: too contrived, yet too naïve; outdated in an age of constant acceleration; obsolete in the immensity...
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2026
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| description | New eras rather than the end of eras? The cyclical nature and evolution of a concept are subjected to interdisciplinary scrutiny. The swan song for eras has long been unmistakable in the humanities: too contrived, yet too naïve; outdated in an age of constant acceleration; obsolete in the immensity of the ‘Anthropocene’. Nevertheless, there is no less of a shortage of refreshed or new definitions of epochs in the sciences than in public discourse, where turning points are observed, asserted or wished for in order to achieve political goals. Examples include the recent proclamation of a ‘turning point’ as well as other, older definitions of ‘turning points’, which appear more or less plausible. These include the turning point of 1989 – particularly in contrast to the formula of the ‘spiritual and moral turning point’ in the Federal Republic of Germany just under a decade earlier – or the transport, energy and climate transitions of recent years. The authors examine the contemporary use of the construct ‘epoch’ from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating questions of global history. In doing so, they also explore the hypothesis that the recent trends in epoch-making can be attributed to a shift in thinking about what it means to define epochs and for what purposes this is done. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1770132026-06-12T05:37:25Z Epochenwenden Picht, Barbara Trüper, Henning Outdated concepts Acceleration Morality Shifts in thinking The history of science and intellectual thought thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences New eras rather than the end of eras? The cyclical nature and evolution of a concept are subjected to interdisciplinary scrutiny. The swan song for eras has long been unmistakable in the humanities: too contrived, yet too naïve; outdated in an age of constant acceleration; obsolete in the immensity of the ‘Anthropocene’. Nevertheless, there is no less of a shortage of refreshed or new definitions of epochs in the sciences than in public discourse, where turning points are observed, asserted or wished for in order to achieve political goals. Examples include the recent proclamation of a ‘turning point’ as well as other, older definitions of ‘turning points’, which appear more or less plausible. These include the turning point of 1989 – particularly in contrast to the formula of the ‘spiritual and moral turning point’ in the Federal Republic of Germany just under a decade earlier – or the transport, energy and climate transitions of recent years. The authors examine the contemporary use of the construct ‘epoch’ from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating questions of global history. In doing so, they also explore the hypothesis that the recent trends in epoch-making can be attributed to a shift in thinking about what it means to define epochs and for what purposes this is done. 2026-05-30T05:07:50Z 2026-05-30T05:07:50Z 2026-05-29T11:24:03Z 2025 book ONIX_20260529T115621_9783835381391_28 2751-2770 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113809 9783835381391 9783835358805 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177013 ger Literatur- und Kulturforschung. Schriftenreihe des ZfL Knowledge Unlatched (KU) open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113809/1/9783835381391.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113809/1/9783835381391.pdf Wallstein Verlag 10.46500/83535880 10.46500/83535880 ba9575a3-2077-4023-9126-6ad5002b7a10 Knowledge Unlatched Knowledge Unlatched (KU) b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 31e0fce7-922c-48ff-82ee-172b3ba34848 9783835381391 9783835358805 KU Open Services;Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 307 Göttingen [...] [...] KU Open Services open access |
| spellingShingle | Outdated concepts Acceleration Morality Shifts in thinking The history of science and intellectual thought thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Epochenwenden |
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| title_full | Epochenwenden |
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| topic | Outdated concepts Acceleration Morality Shifts in thinking The history of science and intellectual thought thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences |
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