Conceptual history
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Conceptual history (also the history of concepts or, from German, Begriffsgeschichte) is a branch of historical and cultural studies that deals with the historical semantics of terms. It sees the etymology and the change in meaning of terms as forming a crucial basis for contemporary cultural, conceptual and linguistic understanding. Conceptual history deals with the evolution of paradigmatic ideas and value systems over time, such as "liberty" or "reform". It argues that social history – indeed all historical reflection – must begin with an understanding of historically contingent cultural values and practices in their particular contexts over time, not merely as unchanging ideologies or processes.
Description and history
Interest in conceptual history was given a particular boost in the 20th century through the publication of the Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie, the Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe, and the journal Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte.
Conceptual history is an
Although keywords represent a critical mass of the vocabulary of any given era, the history of their meaning construction often remains obscure. "Globalization" is no exception. While the meanings of other seminal "keywords" such as "economics", "culture", or "modernity" evolved rather slowly and built upon a relatively continuous base, "globalization" has had a very short and discontinuous history.[3]
This historiographical approach has also been used by the Cambridge Group for the History and Epistemology of Psychiatry who, since the 1980s, has published a long series of papers on the ‘conceptual history’ of the most relevant mental symptoms and diseases.[4]
See also
- History of ideas
- Jus commune
References
Footnotes
- ^ "Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sul Lessico Politico e Giuridico Europeo (CIRLPGE)". Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ISBN 9788860422897.
- ^ James & Steger 2014, pp. 418–419.
- ^ Berrios G.E. & Marková I.S. (2002) Conceptual issues. In H. D’Haenen, J.A. den Boer and P. Willner (eds) Biological Psychiatry. New York, John Wiley, pp3-24.
Bibliography
- Bödeker, Hans Erich, ed. (2002). Begriffsgeschichte, Diskursgeschichte, Metapherngeschichte (in German). Göttingen, Lower Saxony: Wallstein-Verlag.
- Duso, Giuseppe (Beppe) (1997). "Storia concettuale come filosofia politica". Filosofia Politica (3): 393–426. ISSN 0394-7297.
- Dutt, Carsten, ed. (2003). Herausforderungen der Begriffsgeschichte (in German). Heidelberg: Winter.
- Goering, Timothy (2013). "Concepts, History and the Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons: A Defense of Conceptual History". Journal of the Philosophy of History. 7 (3): 426–452. ISSN 1872-2636.
- Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich (2006). Dimension und Grenzen der Begriffsgeschichte (in German). Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia: Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
- ISSN 2330-1643.
- ISSN 1474-774X.
- Koselleck, Reinhart, ed. (1979). Historische Semantik und Begriffsgeschichte (in German). Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta.
- ——— (2006). Begriffsgeschichten (in German). Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.
- Müller, Ernst, ed. (2004). Begriffsgeschichte im Umbruch? (in German). Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag.
- Müller, Ernst; Schmieder, Falko (2016). Begriffsgeschichte und historische Semantik. Ein kritisches Kompendium (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag.
Kończal, Kornelia (2016), Czego możemy się nauczyć od Reinharta Kosellecka, czyli o potrzebie badania polskiej semantyki historycznej. Rozmowa z profesorem Maciejem Janowskim, Stan Rzeczy 1, p. 83-96.
External links
- "Begriffsgeschichte" (History of concepts) by Birger Hjørland
- CONCEPTA – International Research School in Conceptual History and Political Thought
- Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change, University of Jyväskylä
- Contributions to the History of Concepts Website
- What is Conceptual History? CLEAR Project Archived 2018-09-19 at the Wayback Machine by Anders Hassing
- Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sul Lessico Politico e Giuridico Europeo (CIRLPGE)