| Abstrakt: |
The "modern time regime" is characterized by a clear distinction between past, present, and future and, as a consequence, by a progressive succession of history: past, present, and future follow one another in a clear and linear way. The very fact that Simon and Assmann can have such different readings of our contemporary time regime points to the fact that multiple time regimes can be at play at the same time. With the concept of the "time regime", these authors (though Simon uses the term "historical sensibility" or "historical condition") refer to a set of assumptions about the way in which the past, present, and future are related. Even though Simon's theory of this alternative, dissociative way of relating past, present, and future is an important addition to presentist theories such as Assmann's, it remains highly questionable whether the new "unprecedented" time regime that he discerns is actually any different from the modern time regime, which he believes no longer holds any explanatory power. [Extracted from the article] |
