Falko Schmieder (ed./eds.)

Geschichte im Widerstreit
Beiträge zur Historisierung Reinhart Kosellecks
[History in Dispute. Contributions to the Historization of Reinhart Koselleck]

Wert der Vergangenheit vol. 13
Wallstein, Göttingen 2026, 351 pages
ISBN 978-3-8353-6053-2 (Print); 978-3-8353-8165-0 (PDF)

Historian Reinhart Koselleck (1923–2006) remains one of the most inspiring, yet also most critically debated, figures in his field. His work focuses on the catastrophic experiences of modernity, exploring violence and terror, and the problem of history taking on a life of its own and accelerating. These issues remain relevant and controversial, not least because of their political implications. For Koselleck, bourgeois society could not be taken as an unquestionable foundation for his thinking. The volume explores his work through various thematic areas, such as his relationship with the Enlightenment, the philosophy of history, apocalypticism, liberalism and Marxism, as well as the concepts of crisis, revolution and catastrophe. Connections are drawn to other theorists, including Walter Benjamin, Bernhard Groethuysen and Heinz Dieter Kittsteiner, who have played a minor role in previous research on Koselleck. (publisher’s blurb)

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