The latest catastrophe : history, the present, the contemporary / Henry Rousso ; translated by Jane Marie Todd.

Publication | Library Call Number: D16.8 .R87213 2016 c. 1

Physical Description: xi, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: Introduction ; "you weren't there!"
Contemporaneity in the past
War and the time after
Contemporaneity at the heart of historicity
Our time
Conclusion : in the face of the tragic.
Other Authors/Editors: Todd, Jane Marie, 1957- translator.
ISBN: 9780226165066
022616506X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226165233 (paperback : alkaline paper)
022616523X (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226165370 (e-book)
022616537X (e-book)
Notes: "Originally published as La dernière catastrophe : l'histoire, le présent, le contemporain. ©Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2012"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction ; "you weren't there!" -- Contemporaneity in the past -- War and the time after -- Contemporaneity at the heart of historicity -- Our time -- Conclusion : in the face of the tragic.

Translated from the French.
Subjects: Historiography.
History, Modern--Historiography.
History--Philosophy.
Gegenwart
Geschichtsphilosophie
Geschichtsschreibung
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