Conceptual History in the European Space

Willibald Steinmetz is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Bielefeld University. He has published widely on conceptual history and is co-editor of the book series Historische Semantik with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Among his publications are the edited volumes “Politik”: Situationen eines Wortgebrauchs im Europa der Neuzeit (2007), Political Languages in the Age of Extremes (2011) and Historische Semantik des Politischen: Vom Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, with Ulrich Meier and Martin Papenheim (2012).

• List of FiguresIntroduction: Conceptual History: Challenges, Conundrums, ComplexitiesWillibald Steinmetz and Michael FreedenChapter 1. Europe at Different Speeds: Asynchronicities and Multiple Times in European Conceptual HistoryHelge JordheimChapter 2. Multiple Transformations: Temporal Frameworks for a European Conceptual HistoryWillibald SteinmetzChapter 3. Concepts and Debates: Rhetorical Perspectives on Conceptual ChangeKari PalonenChapter 4. Conceptual History, Ideology and LanguageMichael FreedenChapter 5. Transnational Conceptual History, Methodological Nationalism and EuropeJani MarjanenChapter 6. Conceptual History: The Comparative DimensionJörn LeonhardChapter 7. Concepts, Contests and Contexts: Conceptual History and the Problem of TranslatabilityLászló KontlerChapter 8. Conceptualizing Spaces within Europe: The Case of Meso-RegionsDiana Mishkova and Balázs TrencsényiChapter 9. Conceptualizing Modernity in Multi- and Intercultural Spaces: The Case of Central and Eastern EuropeVictor NeumannChapter 10. Concepts in a Nordic PeripheryHenrik SteniusConclusions: Setting the Agenda for a European Conceptual HistoryJavier Fernández-SebastiánIndex

“It seems, judging by the arguments, strategies, and agenda presented in this book, that we will see a most welcome new wave of theoretical debate within and about conceptual history, which will continue to bring invaluable debates and previously unthematized phenomena into our attention.” • Contributions to the History of Concepts“This volume should be celebrated as a precious space for innovation, at a time when new methodological perspectives tend to be placed under intense scrutiny by mainstream historical scholarship. It can therefore be recommended to all readers interested in current trends and developments within historical methodology.” • J@rgonia“Taken together, these essays represent a landmark in conceptual history's theoretical and methodological development. They are a testament to its practitioners' creative and fruitful engagement with methods and approaches forged beyond the field of intellectual history. By adding layers of depth to our understanding of both concepts and the semantic fields in which they have operated, their authors go some way towards establishing a post-Koselleckian research agenda that can allow conceptual history to flourish as it expands its own horizons of possibility.” • Sehepunkte