The functioning of truth in a history text does not depend only on its episte-mological conditions, but also on an ethical relation between the historian and the reader. Paul Ricoeur proposed that such ethical relation is based upon a tacit reading pact, a contract in which the author ensures his reader that his narra-tive is…[Read more]

In Historians of Brazil, Francisco Iglésias reviews some of the great names in Brazilian historiography as divided by him into three distinct moments: up to 1838, from 1838 to 1931, and from 1931 onwards. This article shall focus on the third of these moments, which has traditionally been considered the moment of the “modern Brazilian hi…[Read more]

Este artículo tiene como objetivo delinear, a lo largo de La escritura de la historia (1975) y de Historia y psicoanálisis (1987), aquello que me parece distintivo en el concepto de historia construido por Certeau –la idea de heterología– y contraponer mi lectura a la de Roger Chartier, en particular en su breve exposición en un artículo de 1998.…[Read more]

This paper discusses theoretical issues raised by studying Brazilian professional historiography through the concepts of “epistemic virtue” and “scholarly persona” as proposed by Herman Paul. Transitioning from 19th century Western Europe to late 20th century Brazil, or to any other historical situation, for that matter, might result in problem…[Read more]