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Epilogue: Cultural History in Retrospect
Authors: Salmi Hannu
Editors: Arcangeli Alessandro, Rogge Jörg, Salmi Hannu
Edition: 1
Publishing place: New York
Publication year: 2020
Book title : The Routledge Companion to Cultural History in the Western World
First page : 568
Last page: 572
ISBN: 978-1-13-864946-0
Web address : https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Cultural-History-in-the-Western-World/Arcangeli-Rogge-Salmi/p/book/9781138649460
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/48707041
The Epilogue discusses current challenges for cultural historial research. It starts with the
devastating fire that confronted the medieval cathedral Notre Dame de Paris in 2019 and
explores the fragility of the past. It moves forward to the recent theoretical emphasis on nonhuman agency and argues that the study of human/non-human entanglements is essential for
understanding human-ness. The present prediction of future changes in climate, economy and
global sustainability refers to major challenges during the forthcoming decades. For
understanding these changes, it remains vital to look back into the past from new
perspectives, not only by focussing on things that have been remembered, but also by trying
to find territories that have not yet even been conceived in historical terms.
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