“I find it hard to harness respect for those who genuinely believe that postmodernity, whatever it may be, allows us to claim no roots.” HistoryPostmodernRootedness Book:Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History Source: Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
“We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exercise power. For those upon whom that power is exercised, naiveté is always a mistake.” UnderstandingHistoryInnocenceNaiveté Book:Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History Source: Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
“Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.” SilenceHistoryHistoricalNarrativeBundles Author:Michel-Rolph Trouillot
