Pereira & Araujo’s “Updatism”

Between the metaphysics of the historical time and the regime of historicity

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rth.v25i2.73889

Keywords:

updatism, history, metaphysics of time, regime of historicity

Abstract

 “Updatism” or “updatist historicity” is a concept that has become part of the recent theory of history. This concept unfolds into two stages. First, it presents a historical-transcendental scope since it involves conditions of possibility according to which time can be historically experienced. Secondly, it is a heuristic-historiographical tool, insofar as it allows gathering and analyzing the updatist historical experiences under a steady focus. Therefore, it is possible to observe that the Heideggerian transcendental safeguard to which Pereira and Araujo appeal is a way of preserving the heuristic function of the concept, preventing it from being confused with the reality under its extension. Consequently, it is discussed Pereira and Araujo’s critique regarding Hartog’s “presentism” as a heuristic-historiographical concept, however, it is noted that this critique cannot be extended to Gumbrecht’s “broad present”.

Author Biography

Helio Rebello Cardoso Jr., Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Assis, São Paulo, Brasil, herebell@hotmail.com

Currículo: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7428964121614007

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Published

2023-01-17

How to Cite

CARDOSO JR., H. R. Pereira & Araujo’s “Updatism”: Between the metaphysics of the historical time and the regime of historicity. Revista de Teoria da História, Goiânia, v. 25, n. 2, p. 131 – 147; 148 , 2023. DOI: 10.5216/rth.v25i2.73889. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/teoria/article/view/73889. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.