„Cizí“ a „dějinné“: Hranice kultur versus kontinuita dějin

• Authors: Jan Horský

Title variants

EN

“Alien” and “historical”: The boundaries of cultures versus continuity of history

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In current methodological discourse there are two competing approaches, on one hand the emphasis placed on discontinuity as a principle of research (earlier forms of our culture are to be studied as the forms of an “alien” culture), yet on the other hand, it also emphasizes that no interpretation can manage without hermeneutics. Yet, hermeneutics is based essentially on the presupposition of (cultural, historical and spiritual) continuity. This study considers relationships between these opposing principles. It simultaneously demonstrates that a reflection of “alien” may have an impact on “historical consciousness” (Geschichtsbewusstsein). However, the nature of this impact does not have to be unequivocal.

Keywords

EN

the theory and methodology of historical sciences; hermeneutics; interpretation; the principle of alienness; continuity versus discontinuity

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 112
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 745-753

Contributors

author

Jan Horský

• Fakulta humanitních studií Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, U Kříže 8, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic