Europe in Front of its Colonial Past. The Question of Historiography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22005563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Milioni (0000-0003-2516-0054, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 90-105 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2156-7808 • E-ISSN: 2156-7808 |
| Publisher | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5195/errs.2021.525 |
| OpenAlex | W3184938466 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper employs Paul Ricœur’s insights to examine how European states should approach their colonial past. First, I explore the significance of historical knowledge for people from formerly colonized countries through the views of several anti-colonial thinkers. Then, referring to Ricoeur’s analyses in History and Truth, Time and Narrative and Memory, History, Forgetting, I examine the grounds and the legitimacy, of a historiography of colonization. I argue that European states should make the history of colonization part of their school curricula, as an expression of Europeans’ debt to the victims of the colonial past, and as a way to prevent the repetition of the colonial crimes
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Colonization · Forgetting · Historiography · Legitimacy · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |