Independence, updatism and denialism

How to send histories to the future

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2023n41.13303

Keywords:

Updatism, Independence, Bolsonarism, Anpuh-Brasil

Abstract

This text addresses historical culture and historicity in the circumstances of 1822 and 2022. The commemorations of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil made the permanence of some historical structures more visible. The argument is divided into four parts. In the first, it presents the contours of what is called Euro-Christian identity, a product of the complex process that led to Independence, particularly in its historiographical structures, considered here as fact and indicator of that process. The second part demonstrates how the ruins of these identity narratives continue to feed the bolsonarist imagination. The third advances in the description of the historicity of bolsonarist populism anchored in the theory of Updatism. Finally, it describes some actions promoted by Anpuh-Brasil to face this situation marked by an acute crisis of communicative mediation.

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Author Biography

  • Valdei Lopes de Araujo, Universida de Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)

    Professor associado do departamento de História da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP). Atualmente é presidente da Anpuh-Brasil.

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Published

24-01-2023

How to Cite

LOPES DE ARAUJO, Valdei. Independence, updatism and denialism: How to send histories to the future. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 41, p. 15–36, 2023. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2023n41.13303. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/13303. Acesso em: 3 may. 2025.