This article's principle interest is in the “structures of repetition” that characterize supposedly singular events. The starting point for the analysis is Reinhart Koselleck's discussion of the event in “Structures of Repetition in Language and History.” Koselleck perceived events as arising from metahistorical structures that characterize all human histories regardless of the eras in which they took place and are narrated. This article scrutinizes Koselleck's understanding of the event as well as the underlying “structures of repetition” shaping it. In considering the question of the temporality of the event, this article distinguishes three strata of repetitive structures. First, it examines a seemingly trivial historiographical structure of repetition of the event, which is the iterative proclamation of the return of the event. It then analyzes Koselleck's foundational, yet rarely truly appreciated, “Structures of Repetition in Language and History” and maps out the fundamental structures of repetition, which are the conditions of possibility of events. Finally, it hints at a further linguistic stratum of repetitive structures. In light of growing interest in Koselleck's work in both German and Anglophone historiography, this article systematizes the manifold structures of repetition against the backdrop of current explorations of the event's temporality, thus surveying a facet of Koselleck's pioneering work that is too often forgotten.

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2.奇异性：重复的事件及其流形结构

本文的主要兴趣在于表征所谓单个事件的“重复结构”。分析的起点是Reinhart Koselleck在“语言和历史的重复结构”中对该事件的讨论。柯塞尔克认为，事件源于描述所有人类历史的元历史结构，无论发生和叙述的年代如何。本文详细审查了Koselleck对事件的理解以及形成事件的潜在“重复结构”。在考虑事件的时间性问题时，本文区分了重复结构的三个层次。首先，它研究了事件重复的看似微不足道的历史学结构，这是事件返回的迭代声明。然后，它分析了Koselleck的基础（但鲜为人知的）“语言和历史中的重复结构”，并绘制了重复的基本结构，这些结构是发生事件的可能条件。最后，它暗示了重复结构的进一步的语言层次。鉴于人们对Koselleck在德国和英语史学中的工作越来越感兴趣，本文在当前事件发生时间的探索背景下，对重复的多种结构进行了系统化，从而考察了经常被遗忘的Koselleck开拓性工作的一个方面。这是可能发生事件的条件。最后，它暗示了重复结构的进一步的语言层次。鉴于人们对Koselleck在德国和英语史学中的工作越来越感兴趣，本文在当前事件发生时间的探索背景下，对重复的多种结构进行了系统化，从而考察了经常被遗忘的Koselleck开拓性工作的一个方面。这是可能发生事件的条件。最后，它暗示了重复结构的进一步的语言层次。鉴于人们对Koselleck在德国和英语史学中的工作越来越感兴趣，本文在当前事件发生时间的探索背景下，对重复的多种结构进行了系统化，从而考察了经常被遗忘的Koselleck开拓性工作的一个方面。