Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories

Sediments of Time features the most important essays by renowned German
historian Reinhart Koselleck not previously available in English,
several of them essential to his theory of history. The volume sheds new
light on Koselleck's crucial concerns, including his theory of
sediments of time; his theory of historical repetition, duration, and
acceleration; his encounters with philosophical hermeneutics and
political and legal thought; his concern with the limits of historical
meaning; and his views on historical commemoration, including that of
the Second World War and the Holocaust. A critical introduction
addresses some of the challenges and potentials of Koselleck's reception
in the Anglophone world.