Periodization

Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide time into discrete named blocks.
 

See Besserman (1996, Chapter 1) for an overview of the postmodernism position on periodization.

Literature:

Besserman, L. (Ed.). (1996). The Challenge of Periodization: Old Paradigms and New Perspectives.

See also: Calendar

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 25-04-2006

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