History of Concepts - Research on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Political and Social Language

"When it comes to human values, a true patriot may well regard the occupation of his homeland as a necessity of love for the homeland and a patriotic duty!" This is what a Prussian patriot said in 1795. Because patriotism in the 18th century / 19th century; It was an idea closely linked to humanism, universalism and cosmopolitanism. Afterwards, he would gradually move away from this content by entering the orbit of nationalism.
All the basic concepts of modernity have gone through such transformation processes - except patriotism... Revolution, citizen, bourgeois, progress, collapse, "ancient regime", enlightenment, constitution, unity/alliance, emancipation, crisis, household/family, Bildung (education/ personal self-determination)... The adventure of the change that all these words undergo with their conceptual content, metaphorical functions and connotations; It sheds light on the history of modernism, enlightenment and political history.
This is what Reinhart Koselleck did with his work, which made him known as one of the greatest historians of the last hundred years... The master historian examines the changing processes of the concepts of modernity by comparing the experiences of Germany, England and France. This anthropological and semantic analysis also shows us the dialectic between "lived history" and "written history".
A masterpiece that rewrites the political history of modernity through words and concepts...



Number of Pages: 572

Year of Printing: 2009


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 572

First Printing Year: 2009

Language Turkish