Corsican Historic Days: Exploring Views on Historical past at Convento San’Francescu

Tales è story: Views on Historical past

Corsican historical past days organized by the Corsican Neighborhood – Division of Tradition

28, 29 and 30 of June

Convento San’Francescu – Santa Lucia di Tallà

Storia è Storie: from Historical past, with a capital letter, to “tales” with a decrease case?

We have now lengthy been against Historical past, the large historical past, the actual, to the little historical past, the historical past of people specifically, as if the “large historical past” prolonged its majestic course independently of the tremors of the “a little bit historical past”.

It is because we talked about the “nice historical past”, the historical past of empires and nations, existence unbiased of the desire, feelings and pursuits of those that are typically actors, usually victims. So historical past was extremely considered eager to be a form of science, and the historical past of people, written historical past at floor degree, noticed itself rejected as literature.

It’s as a result of we believed, as Hegel stated, that “historical past is transferring”, incorruptible, unsure in regards to the causes and in regards to the future of the lads who make it.

There isn’t any such factor as “large” and “small” historical past, solely modifications in angle and perspective on the infinite complexity of human affairs.

The pessimist will say that biography or imperial historical past is all the time “the story of insanity, instructed with an fool, and which suggests nothing”. The optimists will say, in any case, that the story is “nice” due to 1000’s and 1000’s of initiatives, calculations, pursuits and feelings that give it, with out that means, flesh and consistency , and that we can not dismantle historical past with out giving. perceive it.

This 12 months, Corsican Historic Days presents, by means of spherical tables and interviews with authors, a journey in time, but in addition in area, from the one infinite excursions to the limitless empires, with out Corsica, which has heritage at its coronary heart, won’t overlook the 4th version of those conferences, in Santa Lucia di Tallà.

Patrice Gueniffey

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