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Saturday, September 12, 2020

entry arrow6:08 PM | On Post-structuralist Historiography, Marcos, and Fr. Aquino

Post-structuralism does ask us to problematize the act of historiography [or history writing] this way: the reader of history is made aware that the writing of the historical material is a construction, but Fr. Ranhilio Aquino forgets the important second part: at the same time, the reader remains conscious of history's basis in real events. In other words, we must be aware that the critique evoked by post-structuralist historiography is aimed at the writing of history, and not the history itself. In other words, you can use writing to convey anger, or fear, or amusement that a dog has bitten a man, but the evidence remains this: the dog indeed bit the man. To quote Bran Nicol: "History is not a detached thing ... it is something that intervenes in our lives." Fact: Marcos was a dictator. Fact: Marcos plundered our economy.

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