The question of truth in post-Shoah historiography
denialism, revisionism and narrativism
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https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2023n41.13150Keywords:
Shoah, Truth, Denialism, Revisionism, NarrativismAbstract
The debate around the question of truth is, inevitably, present whenever the historiographical account is discussed. Changes in relation to the categories and notions that guide this debate were considered over time. In this article, I highlight the period subsequent to the Second World War as a moment of crisis in historiography and a moment in which history opened up to the processes of memory, especially testimony. The concepts and discussions that accompanied the Shoah's denialism and revisionism will be mobilized to present the dispute that accompanied Hayden White's so-called narrativism as an indication of an alternative sought by contemporary historiographical work.
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