Una historia emocionante. La dimensión afectiva del discurso histórico

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 An Emotional History. The Affective Dimension of Historical Discourse

Resumen: Se trata de indagar en la dimensión afectiva del uso del concepto de historia, así como del concepto mismo. Más allá de la pretensión científica de una historia escrita sine ira et studio, el texto se sitúa en la encrucijada del giro emocional reciente, que ha potenciado la historia de las emociones justo en el momento en que el concepto moderno de historia ha entrado en crisis. Tras un análisis de la dimensión afectiva del trabajo del historiador y de los motivos emocionales que subyacen al concepto moderno e ilustrado de historia, se interroga por la propia historicidad como objeto de deseo y móvil de las acciones humanas. Deseo que se plasma en varias formas comunitarias de emoción, variables en el tiempo. Entre ellas, se sugiere, han dominado últimamente el sentimiento de lo sublime y el duelo. Se propone, en definitiva, un “sentimiento de la historia” como elaboración cultural de la temporalidad.

Abstract: This essay explores the affective aspects in the use of the concept of history. Although history claims to be written sine ira et studio, the modern notion of history has entered into crisis precisely at the moment when the emotional turn takes place, and the history of emotions becomes mainsteam. After an analysis of the affective dimension of the historian’s work and of the emotional motives underlying the modern, enlightened concept of history, I explore historicity itself as an object of desire and a motive for human actions. This desire is embodied in various communal forms of emotion, variable over time. Among them, it is suggested, the feeling of the sublime and mourning have dominated lately. It is proposed, in short, a “feeling of history” as a cultural elaboration of temporality.

Palabras clave: historicidad, historia conceptual, afectividad, Koselleck, comunidad emocional, entusiasmo, sublime.

Keywords: historicity, conceptual history, affectivity, Koselleck, emotional community, enthusiasm, sublime.

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2022-05-30

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Gómez Ramos, A. (2022). Una historia emocionante. La dimensión afectiva del discurso histórico. Quaderns De Filosofia, 9(1), 33–53. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfia.9.1.21832
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022): Emotions in Conceptual History. History as an Emotion

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