An Eventful Critique of Crisis Language in Historical Sociology

IF 0.5 3区历史学 Q1 HISTORY

Social Science History Pub Date : 2023-03-18 DOI:10.1017/ssh.2022.46

M. Desai

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Abstract

What work does the term “ crisis ” do for historical sociologists and historically oriented social science in general? And how does “ crisis ” relate to contingencies and conjunctures – the twin poles of socio-historical analysis? I begin with a concern that the term “ crisis ” is deployed with such casual frequency that, despite its apparent ability to capture something urgent about the turbulent and bleak times we live in, it ironically risks loss of the meaning it is intended to convey. Indeed, as several skeptics have asked, if everything is crisis, then what is outside it (Freeden 2017; Holton 1987)? Later in this essay I will debunk the “ crisis – non-crisis ” dichotomy raised by several authors

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历史社会学对危机语言的重大批判

总的来说，“危机”一词对历史社会学家和以历史为导向的社会科学有什么作用?“危机”是如何与偶然性和偶然性——社会历史分析的两极——联系起来的?我首先担心的是，“危机”一词被使用的频率如此随意，以至于尽管它显然能够捕捉到我们所处的动荡和黯淡时代的一些紧迫之处，但具有讽刺意味的是，它有可能失去其本意。事实上，正如一些怀疑论者所问的那样，如果一切都是危机，那么危机之外是什么(Freeden 2017;霍尔顿1987)?在这篇文章的后面，我将揭穿几位作者提出的“危机-非危机”二分法

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Social Science History Multiple-

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1.50

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12.50%

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