tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post5933810155166394145..comments2023-03-23T10:17:50.232-04:00Comments on Mony wylsum way: Temporal identityHannah Kilpatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-16503887618730957512010-02-03T09:37:03.184-05:002010-02-03T09:37:03.184-05:00Yes, I've met this argument from both Barthéle...Yes, I've met this argument from both Barthélemy and Susan Reynolds; though they come at it a different way, they both think that the words people use are to be considered separately from the things that the words describe. The counter is that if words change there must be a reason why people develop a preferred usage; but there's obviously scope for a lot of variation.<br /><br />Er, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-22454584411876351732010-02-01T16:40:39.856-05:002010-02-01T16:40:39.856-05:00Yes, you should! I'm reviewing it at the momen...Yes, you should! I'm reviewing it at the moment. It's really very good. And despite being ostensibly focused on the feudal transformation issue, it enters into the philosophical debate on many, many fronts. Such as whether reliance on *words* (individual and specific, rather than general) to deduce social structures is an adequate historical method. (*miles* being a case in point: did &#Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096829586344513927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-17716901162437496972010-02-01T05:28:54.203-05:002010-02-01T05:28:54.203-05:00Drat it, I keep forgetting about that Barthélemy t...Drat it, I keep forgetting about that Barthélemy translation. It's really quite important that I stop doing that and, y'know, read it. Thanks for the reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-84704716335211119612010-01-31T19:02:41.565-05:002010-01-31T19:02:41.565-05:00Re. 'progress', I think one is more likely...Re. 'progress', I think one is more likely to find 'degeneration' in the sources as a concept, and even though it may be expressed in temporal terms, I would say it is to be read as referencing an 'atemporal' ideal age. Such as in the sense of people writing 'if only we/you/they hadn't sunk so low compared with x former standard (insert mythical golden age), we/youKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096829586344513927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-20624386562619543372010-01-31T13:32:55.736-05:002010-01-31T13:32:55.736-05:00And now, indeed, see, if you choose, Brandon Hawk&...And now, indeed, see, if you choose, <a href="http://bwhawk.blogspot.com/2010/01/kathleen-davis-periodization-and.html" rel="nofollow">Brandon Hawk's review of Davis's book here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-63650028938846397082010-01-29T06:33:03.323-05:002010-01-29T06:33:03.323-05:00Well, I recommend Kathleen Davis with mixed feelin...Well, I recommend Kathleen Davis with mixed feelings; I reviewed the book for a journal dealing with the early Middle Ages (not yet out) and found it almost useless, especially given as its main argument (which is quite powerful, just not relevant to the EMA) was already out in an article of which the book is essentially an inflation (read: full of air). The article was: "Sovereign Subjects,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-12031682171762940182010-01-28T10:53:45.444-05:002010-01-28T10:53:45.444-05:00Kathleen Davis I had not heard of! I shall look in...Kathleen Davis I had not heard of! I shall look into her. I've been reading Jacques le Goff recently for other things, but yes; and I know there's been a lot of work on forms of memory, in which Geary's name (of course) figures large; but also Rosamond McKitterick and Walter Goffart. <br /><br />And thank you for the other thoughts. I don't have much time to get into theory Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132258260849081357.post-64177339544546427302010-01-28T07:22:47.042-05:002010-01-28T07:22:47.042-05:00Three thoughts occur: one is that I should go back...Three thoughts occur: one is that I should go back to my copy of Kathleen Davis's <i>Periodization and Sovereignty</i> to see what she cites for identities expressed by time, because I feel sure there will be some. I can report.<br /><br />Till then the names that spring to mind are Jacques le Goff, whose <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=toc&isbn=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com