300314 The relationship between historical sociology and historiography. Temporal Horizons and Modernity (S) (WiSe 2016/2017)

The reference to historical materials is fundamental both for sociology and for historical studies, but often in quite different ways. The main differences concern the relationship with sources and the use of theory. During the workshop, these issues will be discussed referring primarily to Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems and Reinhart Koselleck’s history of concepts. No previous knowledge of Luhmann's and Koselleck’s theory is required.
In this workshop, we will consider and discuss the transformations of temporal semantics in the transition to modernity, in particular the structuring in (future and past) horizons and the reflexivity of temporal perspectives.

Bibliography

Niklas Luhmann
- “Temporalization of complexity”, in Geyer, R.F., van der Zouwen, J. (Eds.) Sociocybernetics. An actor-oriented social systems approach Vol. 2, 1978, pp. 95-111 (German: “Temporalisierung von Komplexität: Zur Semantik neuzeitlicher Zeitbegriffe”, in Gesellschaftsstruktur und Semantik. Stu-dien zur Wis¬senssoziologie der moder¬nen Ge¬sellschaft, vol.1. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1980, pp. 235-300)

- From: Theory of Society vol 2. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2013 (German: Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1997)
-„Temporalizations“, pp. 251-263 (German: „Temporalisierungen“, S. 997-1016)
- ,„Modernizations“, pp. 305-310 (German: „Modernisierung“, S. 1082-1088).

Reinhart Koselleck
From: Futures Past. On the Semantics of Historical Time. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004 (German: Vergangene Zukunft. Zur Semantik geschichtlicher Zeiten. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1979)
- „ Modernity and the Planes of Historicity“ , pp .9-25 (German: “Vergangene Zukunft der frühen Neuzeit“, S. 17-37)
- „Historia Magisra Vitae. The Dissolution of the Topos into the Perspective of a Modernized Historical Process“, pp. 26-43 (German: “Historia Magistra Vitae. Über die Auflösung des Topos im Horizont neuzeitlich bewegter Geschichte“, pp. 38-66)
- „Neuzeit. Remarks on the Semantics of Modern Concepts of Movement“, pp.222-254 (German: “‘Neuzeit’. Zur Semantik moderner Bewegungsbegriffe“, pp. 300-348).