Um novo tempo : reflexões sobre o tempo histórico a partir de Slavoj Žižek

Abstract

The present work is located in the field of the theory of history and its objective was to reflect on a new conception of historical temporality, based on the ideas and reflections elaborated by Slavoj Žižek in the field of philosophy, based upon two of his books: Less than nothing (2013) and The most sublime Hysteric (1991). Time appears in this works under the concept of retroactivity, which is the main concept that we seek to articulate with historical time. The main relationship developed with history is based on the figure of Fernand Braudel, who served, on the one hand, as a counterpoint to the philosopher's ideas, and on the other hand, as a means of introducing these ideas in historical terms. From the notion of retroactivity, we present a new way of seeing the relationship between past, present and future, which consequently implied a new way of doing and seeing history itself. The presentation of a new temporal relationship implied several fields within history, ranging from writing to interpretation. The final result of the work was the finding of a new problem, situated in the theme of the writing of history and its relations with social practices.