As with Koselleck's previous books, this work contains a collection of articles, each only 10 to 20 pages, in which the author explores a particular theme from the theory or philosophy of history. He previously impressed me with "Futures Past", in which he explains his theory of the modern concept of time (the break between past and present and the future-oriented perspective). That collection mainly contained articles from the period 1960-1980, this collection covers the years 1980 to 2006, and is much more diverse in terms of themes, for example on hermeneutics, linguistics, memory culture and a number of other aspects of history theory. Overall, I am slightly less impressed than with his "Futures Past", but that does not prevent this collection from containing a number of brilliant essays. Koselleck confirms here that he is rightly called one of the most important historical theorists of the 20th century. More in my History account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3623267106 ( )