Historicizing the nation: epistemological and political decolonization. Frantz Fanon, Ranajit Guha and Mapuche intellectuals

Abstract

In this essay, a theoretical overview through authors such as Guha, Fanon and of Mapuche intellectuals is made in order to reflect on historicity in colonized contexts. The weight of the history of the Nation State, how subjects subalternized by dispossession and colonial truth create the possibility of breaking into history. In this sense, elements such as the deregulation of colonial history and disputing the normativity of the modern nation from recognition
and self-valuation stand out. Likewise, the relationship between historicity and subjectivation in Mapuche intellectuals is unavoidable. Historicizing the nation for life from a subject that values their history and culture allows us to problematize the past to update the present. Finally, epistemic characteristics are outlined from the intellectuals that make history possible.