How to domesticate a concept? : On Civilización. Historia de un concepto by José Emilio Burucúa
The publication of Civilización. Historia de un concepto by José Emilio Burucúa marks a turning in Argentine historiography. Not only is this an unprecedented historical research for our scientific field, but, by inverting the usual conditions in which the idea of otherness is understood, the author...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/boletin/article/view/16893 |
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| Sumario: | The publication of Civilización. Historia de un concepto by José Emilio Burucúa marks a turning in Argentine historiography. Not only is this an unprecedented historical research for our scientific field, but, by inverting the usual conditions in which the idea of otherness is understood, the author forges a new concept of civilisation and, at the same time, offers a vast panorama of its conceptual itinerary through the most diverse cultural areas. However, this work also aims to take a political and intellectual stance on a phenomenon that has always been very sensitive to his historiography. After a brief comparative exercise with the English historian Eileen Power’s conception of the High Middle Ages and her political militancy before the outbreak of the Total War, we will try to find some points in common with Burucúa’s work and other differences in order to analyse the way in which the author dialogues with different historiographical traditions. |
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