Epoch threshold

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Epoch threshold is a term coined by Hans Blumenberg to describe the period between two epochs. It is part of the periodization of history. Blumenberg describes the thresholds of epochs as "imperceptible Limes", which are only recognizable in the ex-post review and thus form a historiographical category. In contrast to a distinct epoch boundary, the threshold is a zone of transition.

The concept of the epoch threshold is closely related to Reinhart Koselleck's concept of the saddle time .

literature

  • Hans Blumenberg: The Legitimacy of Modern Times . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-518-28868-7 (EA Frankfurt / M. 1966)
  • Hans Blumenberg: Aspects of the epoch threshold. Cusans and Nolans . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1985, ISBN 3-518-27774-X . (EA Frankfurt / M. 1976)
  • Reinhart Koselleck and Reinhart Herzog (eds.): Epoch threshold and epoch consciousness (poetics and hermeneutics; 12). Fink, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-7705-2391-1 .
  • Peter Seele: Philosophy of the epoch threshold. Augustine between antiquity and the Middle Ages (sources and studies on philosophy; 80). DeGruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019475-3 .