개념사의 학문적 구성과 사전적 기획 사이에서 - 『코젤렉의 개념사 사전』을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In the last few years, a number of German historians have become aware of ‘the History of Concepts’(Begriffsgeschichte). The Modern ‘History of Concepts’emerged in contrast to a history of events and politics, which was oriented merely toward a chronological series of events. Its most influential advocates were Otto Brunner, Werner Conze and Reinhart Koselleck in Germany. They edited the Historisches Lexikon, consisting of six Volumes with articles on ca. 120 ‘Grundbegriffe’from 1972 to 1997, nearly a quarter of a century. In them, was Reinhart Koselleck, the foremost exponent and pioneer of this school, who studied a methodology of historical concepts, and whose major work combines intellectual and institutional history. In his programmatic introduction, Koselleck defines the subject of the Lexicon as “leading concepts of historical movements, which, in the course of time, are the subject of historical research”. Begriffsgeschichte deals with the synchronic and diachronic interpretation of words and lead concepts of historical movement. Koselleck’s central concept is the change and progress of modernity through the ‘Sattelzeit’. These hypotheses are merely heuristic anticipations. Koselleck characterized in this concept sometime between 1750 and 1850, a modern phase, whereby Europeans begin to transform society, to develop a technological revolution. This period results in a cultural renaissance, and the establishment of most important meanings, especially of those ‘History of Concepts’. In these terms, we can verify Koselleck’s hypotheses clearly through the Begriffsgeschichte of‘ progress’, or‘ culture/civilization’.