Futures Past

出版者:Columbia University Press

作者:Koselleck, Reinhart/ Tribe, Keith (TRN)

页数:317

译者:Keith Tribe

出版时间:2004

价格:$29.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780231127714

具体描述

Widely considered to be the most important German intellectual historian of the postwar period, Reinhart Koselleck has had a profound influence on contemporary historiography. With a new, interpretive introduction by the translator, this revised and corrected edition of Koselleck's most acclaimed work is once again available in English.With the advent of modernity in the late eighteenth-century every aspect of human life was radically transformed, including the experience of time. As the ever-accelerating pace of the modern world left people with briefer intervals of time in which to gather new experiences and adapt to social and technological changes, the demands that were placed on the future correspondingly increased. The promises of modernity -- freedom, progress, opportunity -- began to produce expectations and hopes that broke free of the present and projected utopian visions of unbounded possibility onto the future. In this provocative and erudite book, Koselleck explores the shifting perceptions and conceptions of historical time that have emerged over the past two centuries. Relying on an extraordinary array of witnesses and texts -- from politicians, philosophers, theologians, and poets to proverbs, lexica, Renaissance paintings, and the dreams of German citizens during the Third Reich -- Koselleck argues that the past and the future have become "relocated" in relation to each other, and that "history" has emerged as a new kind of temporality with distinct characteristics and ways of assimilating experience.Chronological time is generally tied to social and political actions, to the concrete experiences of human beings. Yet in reality historical events and epochsintermingle and overlap, transcending strict temporal distinctions that can be derived from physical or astronomical phenomena. In the present context of globalization -- where many cultures and perceptions become superimposed upon one another -- the modern world faces not only temporal acceleration but also historical disorientation. Koselleck believes that any given present is simultaneously a "former future" that was once defined by specific terms and ideas. By analyzing the semantics of historical time, Koselleck brings into focus the far-reaching impact that conceptions of time have on social organization, revealing that human history results as much from structure of temporal experience as from the contingencies of uncontrollable events.

读后感

In the preface of Futures Past, Koselleck indicates that the aim of these essays is to deal with “the relation of a given past to a given future” through different times in history. This review will try to articulate Koselleck’s central idea of “histori...

In the preface of Futures Past, Koselleck indicates that the aim of these essays is to deal with “the relation of a given past to a given future” through different times in history. This review will try to articulate Koselleck’s central idea of “histori...

In the preface of Futures Past, Koselleck indicates that the aim of these essays is to deal with “the relation of a given past to a given future” through different times in history. This review will try to articulate Koselleck’s central idea of “histori...

In the preface of Futures Past, Koselleck indicates that the aim of these essays is to deal with “the relation of a given past to a given future” through different times in history. This review will try to articulate Koselleck’s central idea of “histori...

In the preface of Futures Past, Koselleck indicates that the aim of these essays is to deal with “the relation of a given past to a given future” through different times in history. This review will try to articulate Koselleck’s central idea of “histori...

用户评价

这本小说真是让人欲罢不能！从翻开第一页起，我就被深深地吸引住了。作者构建的世界观宏大而又细腻，角色的内心挣扎和成长脉络清晰可见，让人不禁跟着他们一起欢笑、一起流泪。尤其是那种悬念的设置，简直是大师级的，每一个转折都出乎意料，但回想起来又觉得合情合理，不得不佩服作者的布局能力。我常常在夜深人静时，捧着它，沉浸在那个光怪陆离又充满人情味的世界里，完全忘记了现实的烦恼。书中的某些段落，那种对人性深处的探讨，那种对社会现象的深刻反思，真的让我停下来反复品读了好几遍，每一次都有新的感悟。那种文字的力量，穿透纸张直达心灵的感觉，是很多作品所不具备的。我强烈推荐给所有热爱深度阅读的朋友们，它绝对值得你投入时间去细细品味。

这本书最让我震撼的，是它对“选择”这一主题的深刻探讨。它不像某些作品那样简单地歌颂英雄主义，而是冷静地剖析了人在极端压力下所做出的妥协、牺牲与挣扎。每一次重大抉择的后果，都被作者毫不留情地展现出来，其复杂性和不可逆性让人感同身受。我特别喜欢作者没有给任何角色贴上绝对的好人或坏人的标签，每个人物都在灰色地带游走，他们做出的决定，无论是出于私心还是大义，都有其合理的逻辑链条支撑。这使得整个故事的张力持续保持在极高的水准线上，让人在为人物命运感到惋惜的同时，也忍不住反思自身在类似情境下会如何应对。这本小说提供的，远不止是一个故事，更是一次对自身道德罗盘的校准。

说实话，一开始我对这种篇幅较长的作品是有些畏惧的，但《Futures Past》完全打破了我的成见。它不仅仅是一部小说，更像是一部用文字编织的精美挂毯，纹路繁复，色彩斑斓。作者对细节的把控达到了令人发指的地步，无论是对特定历史背景的考据，还是对未来科技设想的描绘，都显得那么真实可信。这种沉浸感是建立在扎实的基础之上的。当我读到某些场景时，甚至能“闻”到空气中的味道，感受到皮肤上的温度，这种感官上的全方位调动，是很多作品难以企及的。我更喜欢作者在看似平淡的日常对话中，悄无声息地埋下伏笔和象征意义的手法，让每一次重读都能发现新的“彩蛋”。

我是一个对语言美感有较高要求的人，而《Futures Past》的文字本身就是一种享受。它的行文流畅自如，遣词造句考究而不晦涩，常常能捕捉到那种稍纵即逝的、难以言喻的情绪。作者对节奏的控制堪称教科书级别，长句的舒缓与短句的铿锵交替出现，使得阅读的韵律感十足，完全没有拖沓之感。有几段关于环境描写的文字，简直如同古典诗词般优美，那种对光影和氛围的捕捉，极大地提升了作品的艺术格调。总而言之，这不是一本可以囫囵吞枣的作品，它需要你放慢脚步，去品味其中精心雕琢的每一个词语和每一个转折。它成功地将宏大的叙事框架与极度个人化的情感体验完美地结合了起来。

我必须承认，这本书的叙事节奏感极强，犹如一趟高速列车，载着读者在不同的时空和情感维度中穿梭，让人应接不暇却又心甘情愿地被裹挟向前。作者的笔触时而如冰冷的金属般精准克制，时而又像灼热的岩浆般奔放不羁，这种强烈的反差极大地丰富了阅读体验。我尤其欣赏作者在处理复杂群像戏时的功力，即便人物众多，每一个配角也都有其独特的“声纹”和存在意义，绝非工具人般的存在。读到后半部分时，我甚至会情不自禁地为某些人物的命运感到揪心，仿佛他们就是我生活中的老朋友。这本书的精妙之处在于，它没有给出简单的答案，而是抛出了一系列引人深思的议题，留下了广阔的解读空间，让读者在合上书本之后，还能继续与书中的世界进行“对话”。

第二遍多读出了一些东西… （我终于开始写论文了

只看了关于neuzeit和space of experience，horizon of expectation的部分，对于启蒙哲学的时间观念破有见地。

依舊關於碎片化的時間，以及過去、現在和未來的可能的非線性邏輯。第七章講事件與呈現，其中有一句：「今天的意義只有在度過了今天之後，才能被理解」。

只看了关于neuzeit和space of experience，horizon of expectation的部分，对于启蒙哲学的时间观念破有见地。

依舊關於碎片化的時間，以及過去、現在和未來的可能的非線性邏輯。第七章講事件與呈現，其中有一句：「今天的意義只有在度過了今天之後，才能被理解」。