Jörn Rüsen y la conciencia histórica

Abstract

“Historical consciousness” category, according to German historian and philosopher Jörn Rüsen, refers to a historical sense generation theory in which historical memory stands as the historical consciousness main component, both aiming for the creation of historical culture. This historical culture is defined by the set of functions through which an individual or society creates an active relationship with the past via a temporal experience that should be perceived and interpreted before becoming the way to orientate and motivate human life. This paper intends to describe the “historical consciousness” category.

Keywords

• Jörn Rüsen
• historical consciousness
• historical memory
• historical culture
• metahistory