Abstract
El artículo aborda algunos aspectos de la discusión contemporánea acerca de la nueva disciplina "Historia del Presente" desde una perspectiva epistemológica atendiendo, especialmente, a los recientes debates historiográficos como el "caso Goldhagen". Se analiza la tensión existente en la relación entre la historia y la memoria para caracterizar a una Historia del Presente. En este sentido se argumenta que el concepto de generación contribuye a un mejor análisis del problema. Asimismo y a partir de la concepción habermasiana del "observador analítico" se concluye que el historiador del presente no sólo se erige en observador sino también en sujeto involucrado en el proceso de conocimiento, sin perder, por ello, una perspectiva crítica del análisis histórico.
Palabras clave: historia del presente, memoria, historia, generacion, goldhagen, epistemología
Abstract: Some aspects of contemporary discussion on History of Present are analized from an epistemological perspective but with special consideration on recent historiographical debats as Goldhagen´s. The existing tension between history and memory used to characterize the concept of History of Present is exposed and analized. It is also argued that the concept of generation contributes to a better analysis of the problem. Attending at the Habermas´conception of "analytic observer" it is argued that the historian of the present is noy only an observer but also an "involved subject" without losing a critical perspective in the historical reconstruction.
Key Words: history of the present, memory, history, generation, goldhagen, epistemology
Palabras clave: historia del presente, memoria, historia, generacion, goldhagen, epistemología
Abstract: Some aspects of contemporary discussion on History of Present are analized from an epistemological perspective but with special consideration on recent historiographical debats as Goldhagen´s. The existing tension between history and memory used to characterize the concept of History of Present is exposed and analized. It is also argued that the concept of generation contributes to a better analysis of the problem. Attending at the Habermas´conception of "analytic observer" it is argued that the historian of the present is noy only an observer but also an "involved subject" without losing a critical perspective in the historical reconstruction.
Key Words: history of the present, memory, history, generation, goldhagen, epistemology