Towards the Post-secular Historical Consciousness

Abstrakt

This paper is an attempt to present an idea of post-secular historical consciousness. I start from brief observations about the contemporary post-secular condition and emphasize the presence of some non-secular factors in historical consciousness such as the meaning of the theological tradition. I reveal some elements present in contemporary historiography especially in the writings of Hayden White, which — I believe — are based on ideas derived from religious spiritual, theological imagination, but which also appear useful for eventual conceptualizing of the post-secular historical consciousness. I discuss also political dimensions of the problem, its symptoms and stakes from 9/11 terrorist attacks to Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission.