ENGC44H3 Lecture Notes - Eurocentrism, Postcolonialism, Ethnocide
Document Summary
What is history: simple definition: a record of events that took place in the past. The study of past events particularly in human affairs the past considered as a whole (oed: mediation. History comes to use via other people. It is never simply us and the raw event: context can shape how history is told and whose history is told. Attempts at objectivity are not always successful. History is written by the victors : a top-down structure. Looking down on events with a privileged perspective. Liberationist thought: critical philosophers and historians have started challenging official histories. A clear awareness of (histories of oppression) can come to se only from a historical conspectus which emerges from below : conspectus: a general survey of the subject, central and south america 1960s and 1970s. Enrique dussel ( was america discovered or invaded? ) is a liberation philosopher from argentina. Those who are on the losing side of history.
