A Reactionary History? : Reflections on the De-Democratization of the Past in the “Trump Era” United States

Arthur  Lima de Avila

doi:10.15848/hh.v18.2535

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Arthur Lima de Avila

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15848/hh.v18.2535

Palavras-chave:

Negationism, Historical denialism, Uses of history, American historiography

Resumo

The present text aims to propose a few hypotheses about the current de-democratization of the past in the United States of the Trump Age, from the standpoint of a case study of anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT) laws approved by the Republican Party in a series of states and their assault on the honest judgment of the US history of slavery and racial violence. The text concludes that this assault is part of a larger process of political de-democratization that aims to, among other things, redefine the links between history and the polis in order to legitimize the “exit from democracy” currently underway in the country.

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