[MaFLA] Történelemfilozófiai szeminárium

[Takacs Adam]

Kedves kollégák!

Szeretném a figyelmükbe ajánlani az Ostravai Egyetem jövő héten kezdődő online történelemfilozófiai szemináriumát (és benne saját előadásomat):

The Ostrava-Oulu Research Seminar in the Philosophy of History (PHO2)

https://www.facebook.com/CpshOulu/

Spring term ‘25

The Centre proudly presents its spring seminar, this time for the first time organized in unison with the Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography at the University of Ostrava, Czechia. All the events below but the last, which will be hybrid, will take place on Zoom. The Zoom links and more information will be published roughly two weeks ahead of the individual events further above on this page and on our social media accounts. Come and join us to discuss some philosophy of history!

Thu, 13.03.25, 16h: "The Historical Present as a Philosophical Problem" (Ádám Takács, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary), Zoom

Thu, 27.03.25, 16h: "On Historical Explanation. An Anti-Causalist Approach" (Gunnar Schumann, University of Hagen, Germany), Zoom

Thu, 17.04.25, 16h: “Astronomy, Cosmology, and the Distant Past” (Jamee Elder, Tufts University, USA), Zoom

Thu, 29.05.25, 16h: “Koselleck and the Concept of History” (Arthur Alfaix Assis, University of Brasilia, Brazil), Zoom

Mo, 16.06.25, 16h: “From Cleopatra’s Nose to Darwin’s Nose: J. B. Bury on History, Science and Contingency” (Gregory Radick, University of Leeds, UK), hybrid (taking place in Ostrava)

The Historical Present as a Philosophical Problem. A Genealogical Approach
Ádám Takács (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
13.03, 16h (Central European Time)
Zoom
https://oulu.zoom.us/j/64622657228?pwd=JlUWWMu3h3Y204gFG8nUKnHi2K2Ana.1 (passcode: 266837)

Abstract
What kind of historical scenery do we face in reality when we venture to critically cross-examine our present-day social and cultural reality? How can one define the historical “present time”, what boundaries does it encompass, who qualifies as its appropriate subjects, and how can it be effectively conceptualized? What were the theoretical and cultural influences that gave rise to the use of this concept, how did the cataclysmic experiences of the 19-20th century shape its development, and what intellectual legacy does this idea carry for us today?

The talk will follow certain Foucauldian genealogical guidelines to explore these questions. I will argue that the practice of critical reflection on the historical interval of “present time” is a relatively recent invention which became an influential philosophical genre in European thought during the late 19th and early 20th century. While the thinkers of the Enlightenment or the German idealist tradition were no strangers to dealing with the question of “modern time” contrasted with the world of the past, late European modernity discovered the analytical potential and critical value of the idea of contemporaneity in itself. The talk aims to examine the intricate context in which the ideas of thinkers such as Simmel, Croce, Spengler, Lukács and the early Heidegger were formulated, and which still play a significant role in informing our understanding of the social, ethical and political issues related to the "historical present."


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