Viewpoints: Temporalities the history of temporalities: An introduction

Abstract

In recent years, and across multiple disciplines, temporality has become a focus of scholarly attention. Why is this the case? Haven't historians always been concerned with temporalities? As the essays gathered here suggest, the answer to this question has to be 'yes and no'. Like all categories of analysis, time has provoked scholars to think in different directions across multiple disciplines for many years. But with increasing unanimity scholars are now emphasizing histories of 'temporality' and not simply of 'time'. What does this shift imply?.