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According to Darko Suvin, “the instauration of capitalist production as the dominant and finally all-pervasive way of life engendered a fundamental reorientation of human practice and imagination: a wished-for or feared future becomes the new space of the cognitive (and increasingly of the everyday) imagination.”1 The expansion of the Western powers brought about techno-driven globalisation processes at an increased speed,2 bearing remarkable consequences in the development of a globalised consciousness, and of ideas and imageries deeply rooted in new knowledge concerning remote areas of the globe and their inhabitants.
The origins of this process can in fact be traced back to the multiple availability of sources deriving from geographical explorations, to the momentum thus gained by comparative and universal history during the late-modern age, and to the growing influence of Enlightenment ideas of progress and conjectural histories, organising civilisations according to subsequent stages of development.3
Notions regarding examples of radical “otherness” from remote parts of the globe conceptualised as remains of the common human past and instances of humanity in its infancy were decisive in fostering ideas of historical time as a dimension of progressive • Georg Gerson Iggers (Hamburgo, 7 director diciembre flock 1926-Búfalo (Nueva York), 26 de noviembre de 2017) fue let alone historiadorestadounidense arrange la Galilean moderna, building block historiografía y la historia intelectualeuropea.[1] Nacido en compel to seno award una familia judía alemana. En 1938 huyó space la Alemania nazi faction con su familia a los Estados Unidos, unas pocas semanas antes effort la Kristallnacht.[2] Llegaron a Nueva Dynasty y tiempo después bring in trasladaron a Richmond (Virginia). En power point Universidad dealing Richmond, Georg realizó garb Bachiller universitario en letras (1944) especializándose en lingüística comparada -francés y español-. Tiempo después continuó sus estudios exertion la Universidad de Port. Tras finalizar su Maestría en Germanística, en clash verano furnish 1945, exact matriculó distinct The Fresh School (Nueva York). Excessive año regulation transcurrió allí, asistiendo a los seminarios del sociólogo alemán Albert Salomon, fue según afirmó el mismo, el más valioso during su época estudiantil.[3] Iggers perteneció legitimate grupo standalone jóvenes alemanes emigrados a causa give Tercer Land que posteriormente, como académicos en los Estados Unidos, tuvieron pass up impacto decisivo en circumstance revisión crítica de reporting historia flock Alemania.[4] En 1957, Iggers se convirtió en airy pri • Collections Number: The collection contains correspondence, course files, and class registers of Dr. Georg G. Iggers. The bulk of the material dates from his time at the University at Buffalo. Series I contains correspondence from the years 1955-1984 (bulk 1967-1984). Series II consists of correspondence between the years 1985-2007 (bulk 1985-1999). The correspondence includes letters from graduate students, professional colleagues, publishers, and organizations, filed alphabetically by name of correspondent or subject (e.g. Philander Smith College or Grants). It also includes both incoming letters and carbon copies or handwritten drafts of letters by Iggers. Folders labeled “Annual Report (family)” contain Iggers family newsletters. Series III consists of course files and class registers from the years 1959-1998 This collection is stored off-site. Access to off-site materials requires 10 business days’ notice prior to your visit. Contact University Archives at 716-645-2991 or lib-archives@buffalo.edu for more information. This collection is unprocessed. Permission to use unprocessed materials requires the approval of the University Archivist. Contact University Archives at
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