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NOTES 1 Rebs Kock nd Mla WR, “CH, rl fe oy | “fare 4 Simpshewe riung cra. nd the Bt 9 he 2 Cay oe 2 ie pane pen Mgnt easy 2S NARMS AE Sin rm nie (epee epen Kohn Te Kis Debi: Te Ee Blac Goes Boron Na ses aS etn et acest sie ees enna eas earean ape pian Seca alee eee iter azar, SS ESS ae RE Tat The Stakes of Crisis, Janet Roitman WHATIS ATSTAKE? (97 20Janury 2009, upon having bee swoen nas the forty fut Pres- dent of the United Snes Barack Obama stood onthe Washington Nall ad proclaimed, We ae inthe mit of crits’ Ohaus eas 6 el {hsracterzed a moment in history, so a8 fo mark o's new age os ‘journey. This journey is hse ino fac sot pertna toon Cees poll conjuncture. And yet afer giving an erty ofthe Kon teal facts of rist—homes let, jobs shes, busineses uttered “Oban sed guile. “Thse ae te indict feeb alse stand statistics Less measutele bt no les profound tapping ot {onfidence across our land a nagging fear hat Armee’ edie ie evtable and thatthe reat generation must lower sight’ He then ‘reclsed “This i the source of our confidence the Inowledge Bek Gad calls upon usto shape an uncertain deny ‘Such knowledge Inthe face of uncertainty lps that the Bistrcal ‘ss etal oF pethaps constitutes a trandlstora oumey, beng a ‘einsnted inhi sing words matter cf hope and gre [With hope and vi, et uate once more the ey ces an ‘plows sony coe take tha ron we ware tw fd let sone a ee eran me i eaten tc edn (redomand detvereditay ofan pecans ® Sant Rotman Css is isorcal event as much st san edu cndlion of fe {vl even the rounds fer ateanscendent Puman conten. “Shuma sought to corey tothe American publ ht the cs ould ste med oan ene socom ndkators case ese Candin of ie etal an expr of eri His sult naraive of inant scone th a Cvenian nate of ere ‘Rnd yeeros sca sors nthe soi sca atept ‘Rint the ways in wich Nstory can be characterised a isi and the trays that socal fe can besa fo be in cn Bat he question rae ‘rs desgates smehng mare hasta oer ht he stat i ofthis term? Flow di esl, once a signer fora crcl decisive ‘moment, come to be costed av a protracted historias experi ‘Sour? The eye fis as conaton suggests an ongang ste ‘fafa But com ane speak of «tat fending cvs nr "This chap refction onthe tats ofthe erm cis asthe mast commen an mont persive qualifier of contmperny str con ‘Sw snd even of Mtn’ HOC? However what lows Tn mi ‘once o Uris he erm ri oxo pode a working efton of SS'Rater dan erin go's fo make tte uw Of fT fo ‘dertan the Kinds of work tthe temo sor gin the ‘ons of native forms Therefore {am nt cone sow bow conenporry ues fhe erm ae wrengand ence rp for 8, cemare caret meaning and usege. As willbe made dear belo, cls Serves asthe oun formation of entrar ior mart tsa ‘els fom wich an acct Nstony and knowledge of isto. gor lsat, tum fo the late German hisorian Reinhardt Kos Jeet of pehupa teeny conceptual story of ea Which us serves asthe authoritative historiography 2 Kose provides oe is faton of he emerges of story ata erporal category. He manains that bythe end ofthe eighteenth century cia he balsa he dan thatone can jutge hatorby mene of agnosie. Th dal ane ths jodgement entail peli hsorecoracousnesn, which pods tory aa temporality upen which ane can oc As wil ay telow, and {slowing ram wht Roelec deems the mader pace of teporl tae concept nthe socal aSences, rs conived ss Rstorcal concep itis taken tobe oth a particular entry pol ino istry (e tees toma! phenomena ae rly soil and 3 0 evel hsterialtath (3tring plo epseolgia pase) In ‘ter word in the sol sce henry en ean ‘ell tic eres a teem tt ens heer labraton of he Seca hat {Ris important note that I ake Kowalke coneptan story of ‘ess to be ati of te rc ofthe epee Theat oC » ‘ow ess acleves aus as hero pioeopical concep strates the rai ofthe premio eso how ert noe etme what ous sa vette sats oan xene he pe Weaton of story ty and he bso parton ere ee to Kowalai’s conceptual iory on two mepters athe eb sippy fe tryed a sea at psa conventional prac of history. This catenin pace hstorlgeaphy presupposes renin for what counts as an een act reites af What cn be rated the mean to sung be Sens propel hit cca of ay anda nonfseia ae fer of store! sro’ * My pom wnt a se la erly cotaced bas for amy my am Wo ae geen about the sats the onc of rsa faring te forthe Sab rato a hry pers wha spond telat a ois ts peat, as we etm rm Kort, i is ged a, ‘ne jdging tne in tenn of salopos incre ea gy ey {in terms of sgitcance. One ean then ay noted by Kee sod ing eon hn we We ten ot pro $c judgements? By way of rrp, fender how rsa eke ¢ Boral demand oa tence btwn te pot ened eaters ht {he very apprehension f hry is done by he neg eee ‘= inaunert word What wert wrong? Cina bea sl oot cca thor insofar aegis te Seseance between nay set Progress inowidge and ham intets ee lint of lig ‘tue snd crs are cognate terme. Cie ths saves the pcten ‘Svcling latnceg 1 tno hat uanscends oppo wat chlo in this sre, ere ot‘ nd noes, whisk at be served empincaly ether ass lope eheraten argc ses nang na selteretl many ot hans fom wih Sen contingeny ond pred ‘Uitte reader to utes ah ncn which mane sting wt ae with ts nadie Ce em Ba 6 ‘und up in the predament of seniying human Nt. peal ae nga» traracenentl place in oer lana et ps let Is primary enabling Hind spot ort profutonet one oe Maing ths lind spt vibe means aking ston cout ow Se ‘rode sglcance for ourives Atte lat tears aig how oe rode ‘sory At most mean asking how we mit eta oe Scns wot deg tral pcan te el re Ar answer o ths question egies snail sp cones Bono he wayein which ris, stn enabling ind sos the pode ‘sn of knowledge, ens srveriing and olen taps geet ‘Sout nes eran fangs tha mf eae eS, ly overcame » Ion Rat JUDGEMENT DAY Tre ofthe term ris pen tothe requlrement og ir Ts epmley egies wih te anette ter fd (0 Spat, od fo cut to decide, to udge) which suggested «defi {Ge deen, With ignicnce tthe domaine of law, medeine and hecogy bythe fit ae four ceies BE, te medical signation preva, Assad th the Hipperate schoo (Capes Fipmcntun) [Sart ofa medical grammar, cs denoted the turing polo lr ‘et orca pas in whch eo death asa stake an called for ‘Sitcevoesbledeton Siren css wasrnot he dseaeo ness ors wes te condition thee or ese jugar between ena Kostecés concept history desebes 2 decave itn the semantic of ery, rnsprng between Hippocratic medal gra tar and Chan exegeaa. Not surprisingly, one did not replace the Cerin the labora of Chistian rely, with reference tothe New ‘Tetument and slengside Arstotlan ep language i was pled wih uc ane came f ity gent before Go, which Kos Tek dracon spony the Unsttpesable sition ofc a the course of conceptual istry, tus inating ow the cela term Pattakes of Chusten thclogalgrammor® Tough the sry of Eeepal dplacements~solvng the caboration of ean webs Ss oppose toa near development of substitutions the ten ob Comer toental prognosis whitnceaning pes» progods of ine Rolons fc ef ts snare Si pat of eer on emergence of he European concept of sary a the ways in which Serocated Ristori pltcal concepts (eg progres) thematize ne” withthe ernporainason a istory—or the proses by which, se the Inte eighteenth cenfary time iso longer igre ss a medium in which eto ake plac bt uber, anf conceived a having a Morel ualtyhstory no longer occur in tne thr time fief becomes at Sve wasforativeQusonca principe Thats more than uty ‘tmanrer of defining and represen story pers. The isl pe ‘pecive which alos for he detieaton and adgement of temporal Stato, sel taken to ave a temporal quality, making the wath af ‘Rory cntngent, no given nce an fr al Ts now falar pots Based upon the assumption at time is constarty ting prods and thattislways new: the tures fundamentally open But is cate production ofthe ne, oro ne tine, snot witht the production of new pasts In ode to iearporste new experiences nto tne own stony nape! by awareness 6 an ccwre and bythe ‘ery en that one contri tory one must beable to cnc of he Pst ine of aio fundamental eeance. Crise come the marking ou of "ew ine” noo a dees ign, mene The Stee Cise 7 enti pose trl pc. The some od practice o the retrospective recgnitin o the pastas ew an epoch ca oly Se "neopterin oh) eee tings thi'epciel concours cp of Htry ofthe late eighteenth century. feeee Gis oa itv concept refers othe seepective ees of eens and toni cna presaposions. © Forts spel at ‘Scumen css rteron or wh coisas sy’ Von Yeaeightentenury pulophyefhsery and seonepeti expat ein intemal progr this epl Cece Shovels very fanart unitate hecplng sit omer ee ay ge of term a aig pote asin teste seeing Sencpt in ths ictane, fs debe a oth ely eee rset dips «otal epch—and a see ees ‘ut eles ands te ot tha hal Seg ke las in anos forms, naa to oft tenporaation of hyo te emergence of ‘stony’ as temporal tarp demons haw the Tee through seman dplacemer fects the bai or he cae ae an ge soy by means of = saga of tine. Koel eae Baba tat bth hs aim and hs pgenent nal specks {2 concise cesium a os hry uns ‘hon con ct or ths hore eoeconess as ec ‘ta int shat ee spise change ich at "and xl designates ‘history an sch In sway, ei oes the Satis astro plsopieal concep tis tnemease oy whi "isles, recogni, compere snd een pasied. et ey the concept of horn andere rues cto aha ove aman, ndhange— Ne nga Fete eos on nee Migs tantendna ec. PALE aks “tw ge! wen invoking he cholate ee othe ter it ‘enol ti td by Rett wh eat aos fr wordtionanert sty. Bs wal cps He 53 His, ints inanercr oso a pstlon of ering ey Sats erg of ci pana eee cdl pass

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