Simultaneous History
Simultaneous History is a philosophical approach to studying history based on the atemporal (i.e. timeless) determinants of historical outcomes. It includes, but is not limited to, the archetypization of history.
Simultaneous History pressuposes the world as a composite whole comprised of the “chorions” (Greek: χόριον – locality, village, time interval, fetal membrane). A chorion is a compound object with a concentric structure and a certain phisical or ideal entity (object, body, field, wave, sign or idea) in its core. The chorions are built in one another on the principle of inclusiveness when one is simultaneously included in (determined by) and is inclusive of (determinant of) another, like telescopic tubes. According to Simultaneous History, each historical outcome represents such a compound object determined by its core. The core appears as a set of affordances (actions possibilities) for people thus determining their actions. For example, the cult of power is based on the same image of a charism; so the “power as a charism” composes one integrated meso-chorion compounded of chorions and micro-chorions which pose different manifestations of power; the core of the meso-chorion “power as a charism” consists of one and the same cosmogonic myth, which describes the reinstatement of things from chaos (when a charism is equated with smb’s ability to restore an order from chaotic state).
Simultaneous History treats time as one of the possible methods of desctibing the past and not an objective form of existence of historical phenomena. While proposing an atemporal approach in studying history, the Simultaneous History criticizes a temporal one, for it multiplies the non-exististing and obscure entities. For example, there was no civilization in Northeastern Africa with the name “Ancient Egypt,” but there really was a realm of Ta-kemet (self-designation, translit. Egypt.: tA-kmt); likewise, there was no state with the name “Byzantine Empire”, but there really was a realm of Basileya Romayon (self-designation, Greek: βασιλεία τῶν Ρωμαίων). Multiplying unnecessary entities a temporal approach to history always provokes the reification or objectification of the abstract entities like these. Also, when operating with the idea of progress, a temporal approach involves a kind of discrimination of the past when smth “newest” is regarded as “perfect” and “ancient” is associated with “primitive.” Moreover, it forces historians to clutter up the real history with such abstractions as “general laws,” “historical stages,” “social and economic formations,” etc. and thus to attribute special meanings and goals to historical events and processes, i. e. the meanings they never possesed in reality. It seems that Simultaneous History with its atemporal approach to history offers good assumptions to avoid the errors.
Philosophical background of the Simultaneous History involves Plato’s theory of forms, Kant’s doctrine of the “thing-in-itself,” Meinongian theory of objects, McTaggart’s ontology, and philosophical possibilism. Also, it recourses Jung’s doctrine of archetypes and Gibson’s ecological phsychology to underpin its positions.
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