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História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma

Barbara Weinstein · Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho · 2003

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Este artigo examina o declínio das grandes narrativas historiográficas norte-americanas, associado ao auge da nova história cultural. A influência da antropologia cultural, com destaque para Clifford Geertz, resultou no privilegiamento da micro-história e no eclipse dos processos de causação e explicação. Ao mesmo tempo, muitos historiadores pós-modernos continuam referendando, ainda que não explicitamente, narrativas eurocêntricas da transição à modernidade. Portanto, as críticas do eurocentrismo - o impulso para "provincializar a Europa" - vêm de duas tendências: a nova história mundial, cujos seguidores estão repensando as grandes narrativas, ainda que utilizem métodos históricos bastante tradicionais; e a teoria pós-colonial, com destaque para Dipesh Chakrabarty. Este autor, um crítico incisivo da historiografia eurocêntrica, não consegue oferecer alternativas justamente por rejeitar toda narrativa "historicista". Em contraste, o historiador da África, Steven Feierman, defende a necessidade de reconstruir grandes narrativas, que propiciem pontos de referência e permitam superar o dilema pós-colonial.<br>This article examines the decline of grand narratives in the North American historiography with the rise of the new cultural history. The influence of cultural anthropology - especially the work of Clifford Geertz - has resulted in a preference for microhistory and the eclipse of causation and explanation. At the same time, many postmodern historians continue to refer (though not explicitly) to a Eurocentric narrative of the transition to modernity. In response, criticism of Eurocentrism-the impulse to "provincialize Europe"-has come from two tendencies. One is the new world history, whose proponents are rethinking the grand narratives but with rather traditional methods. The other is postcolonial theory, exemplified by Dipesh Chakrabarty. This last author, although an incisive critic of Eurocentric historiography, does not manage to offer alternatives because he rejects all "historicist" narratives. In contrast, Steven Feierman, a historian of Africa, insists on the necessity of constructing new grand narratives that will provide new points of reference and a way of exiting from the postcolonial dilemma.

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Weinstein, B. (2003). História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-90742003000200011

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Weinstein, Barbara. "História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma." 2003. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-90742003000200011.

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Weinstein, Barbara. 2003. "História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma.". https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-90742003000200011.

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Weinstein, B. 2003, História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-90742003000200011 [Accessed 7 Aug. 2026].

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Title
História sem causa? A nova história cultural, a grande narrativa e o dilema pós-colonial History without cause? The new cultural History, the grand narrative and the postcolonial dilemma
Author / contributors
Barbara Weinstein
Publisher
Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho
Publication year
2003
ISSN
0101-9074
ISSN
0101-9074
Language
English

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