Conceptual History in the European Space

Published by Berghahn Books 2017

Conceptual History in the European Space

Edited by: Willibald Steinmetz , Michael Freeden and Javier Fernández-Sebastián

Volume 1 in the series European Conceptual History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785334832

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The result of extensive collaboration among leading scholars from across Europe, Conceptual History in the European Space represents a landmark intervention in the historiography of concepts. It brings together ambitious thematic studies that combine the pioneering methods of historian Reinhart Koselleck with contemporary insights and debates, each one illuminating a key feature of the European conceptual landscape. With clarifying overviews of such contested theoretical terrain as translatability, spatiality, and center-periphery dynamics, it also provides indispensable contextualization for an era of widespread disenchantment with and misunderstanding of the European project.

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Willibald Steinmetz is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on conceptual history and is co-editor of the book series Historische Semantik with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Among his publications are the edited volumes “Politik”: Situationen eines Wortgebrauchs im Europa der Neuzeit (2007), Political Languages in the Age of Extremes (2011) and Historische Semantik des Politischen: Vom Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, with Ulrich Meier and Martin Papenheim (2012).

Michael Freeden is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and Professorial Research Associate, SOAS, University of London. His main interests are the nature of political thinking, the analysis of ideologies, and the study of liberal thought from the 19th century onwards. His books include Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach (1996), Liberal Languages (2005), The Political Theory of Political Thinking: The Anatomy of a Practice (2013) and Liberalism: A Very Short Introduction (2015). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Political Ideologies.

Javier Fernández-Sebastián is Professor of History of Political Thought at the University of the Basque Country. He has published extensively on modern intellectual and conceptual history, with a particular focus on Spain and the Iberian world. He serves on the editorial board of various journals as well as the series International Archives of the History of Ideas with Springer Verlag. He has recently edited the volumes Political Concepts and Time: New Approaches to Conceptual History (2011) and La Aurora de la Libertad. Los primeros liberalismos en el mundo iberoamerican (2012).

Willibald Steinmetz is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on conceptual history and is co-editor of the book series Historische Semantik with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Among his publications are the edited volumes “Politik”: Situationen eines Wortgebrauchs im Europa der Neuzeit (2007), Political Languages in the Age of Extremes (2011) and Historische Semantik des Politischen: Vom Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, with Ulrich Meier and Martin Papenheim (2012).

Reviews

“It seems, judging by the arguments, strategies, and agenda presented in this book, that we will see a most welcome new wave of theoretical debate within and about conceptual history, which will continue to bring invaluable debates and previously unthematized phenomena into our attention.” • Contributions to the History of Concepts

“This volume should be celebrated as a precious space for innovation, at a time when new methodological perspectives tend to be placed under intense scrutiny by mainstream historical scholarship. It can therefore be recommended to all readers interested in current trends and developments within historical methodology.” • J@rgonia

“Taken together, these essays represent a landmark in conceptual history's theoretical and methodological development. They are a testament to its practitioners' creative and fruitful engagement with methods and approaches forged beyond the field of intellectual history. By adding layers of depth to our understanding of both concepts and the semantic fields in which they have operated, their authors go some way towards establishing a post-Koselleckian research agenda that can allow conceptual history to flourish as it expands its own horizons of possibility.” • Sehepunkte

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Introduction. Conceptual History: Challenges, Conundrums, Complexities Willibald Steinmetz and Michael Freeden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Europe at Different Speeds: Asynchronicities and Multiple Times in European Conceptual History Helge Jordheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Chapter 2 Multiple Transformations: Temporal Frameworks for a European Conceptual History Willibald Steinmetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 3 Concepts and Debates: Rhetorical Perspectives on Conceptual Change Kari Palonen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Chapter 4 Conceptual History, Ideology and Language Michael Freeden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 5 Transnational Conceptual History, Methodological Nationalism and Europe Jani Marjanen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 6 Conceptual History: The Comparative Dimension Jörn Leonhard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter 7 Concepts, Contests and Contexts: Conceptual History and the Problem of Translatability László Kontler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter 8 Conceptualizing Spaces within Europe: The Case of Meso-Regions Diana Mishkova and Balázs Trencsényi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Chapter 9 Conceptualizing Modernity in Multiand Intercultural Spaces: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe Victor Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Chapter 10 Concepts in a Nordic Periphery Henrik Stenius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Conclusions: Setting the Agenda for a European Conceptual History Javier Fernández-Sebastián Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: european history; historiography of concepts; overviews of contested theoretical terrain; translatability; spatiality; center periphery dynamics; contemporary insights and debates; european project; indispensable contextualization; historiography; europe; historical

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Published: June 1, 2017
ISBN: 9781785334832