The ethics of fictionality in history writing

Autores/as

  • Kalle Pihlainen University of Turku

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2021.22.11549

Palabras clave:

Ética de la historia, Ficción, Hayden White, Recepción, Poética de la historia

Resumen

La ficción en la escritura de la historia ha sido considerada durante mucho tiempo como casi sinónimo de abandono de la verdad y de cualquier compromiso ético supuestamente consecuente. Es comprensible que esta actitud haya impedido la aceptación de enfoques teóricos que pretenden, en cambio, revelar la conexión fundamental de los aspectos ficticios de la historia con las preocupaciones éticas. En ninguna parte esto es más evidente que en la recepción de Hayden White, quien, si bien contribuyó decisivamente a defender las semejanzas entre la escritura histórica y la ficción literaria, también ha defendido consistentemente la importancia vital de repensar la ficcionalidad de la historia para que los historiadores puedan trabajar de manera más conscientemente emancipadora y formas éticamente informadas. Este artículo busca mejorar la comprensión de la compleja posición de White en dos aspectos distintos. En primer lugar, ensayando sus argumentos clave en el contexto de su recepción general y demasiado a menudo negativa. Aquí el objetivo principal es dirigir las preocupaciones relativas, sucesivamente, al pretendido textualismo extremo, la presunta negación de la realidad y el supuestamente excesivo formalismo de sus posiciones. Dada la demanda generacional de reiterar estos conceptos básicos, parte de esta discusión puede resultar familiar a lectores para quienes la posición de White ya esté clara. En segundo lugar, el artículo espera contribuir a la continuación del interés en el legado de White al indicar un modo de eludir estas controversias a través de la reconceptualización de los objetivos éticos de White y de la responsabilidad que atribuye a los historiadores. Esto incluye examinar en las lecturas previas la injustificada tensión entre las interpretaciones de los compromisos existencialistas y postestructuralistas de White e identificar el punto en el cual estas superposiciones constituyen su relativismo expresamente motivado por la ética.

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Publicado

2020-12-22

Cómo citar

Pihlainen, K. (2020). The ethics of fictionality in history writing. Prometeica - Revista De Filosofía Y Ciencias, (22), 50–64. https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2021.22.11549
Recebió: 2020-12-11
Aceptado: 2020-12-20
Publicado: 2020-12-22

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