ALEXANDRU ZUB

History and Eschatological Propension in Modern Times

Abstract

This text discusses a subject of special interest in contemporary historiography. Considerations regarding time are related to the essence of historiographical endeavors. Such considerations were often marked by eschatological propension, whose meaning is, of course, outlined briefly, with references to a certainly topical historiographical debate.

Keywords: modern times, eschatological propension, new history.

HISTOIRE ET PROPENSION ESCHATOLOGIQUE AUX TEMPS MODERNES

Alexandru Zub est professeur des universités à l’Université « Al. I. Cuza » de Iași; membre de l’Académie Roumaine; directeur honoraire de l’Institut d’histoire « A. D. Xenopol » de l’Académie Roumaine. Il a notamment publié: De la istoria critică la criticism [De l’histoire critique au criticisme] (București, 1985) et Istorie și istorici în România interbelică [Histoire et historiens dans la Roumanie de l’entre-deux-guerres] (Iași, 1989) (plusieurs rééditions)