More than the story of a South American country, "History's Peru"
examines how the entity called "Peru" gradually came into being,
and how the narratives that defined it evolved over time. Mark
Thurner here offers a brilliant account of Peruvian historiography,
one that makes a pioneering contribution not only to Latin American
studies but also to the history of historical thought at large. He
traces the contributions of key historians of Peru, from the
colonial period through the present, and teases out the theoretical
underpinnings of their approaches. He demonstrates how Peruvian
historical thought critiques both European history and Anglophone
postcolonial theory. And his deeply informed readings of Peru's
most influential historians--from Inca Garcilaso de la Vega to
Jorge Basadre--are among the most subtle and powerful available in
English. In this tour de force, Thurner examines the development of
Peruvian historical thought from its misty colonial origins in the
sixteenth century up to the present day. He demonstrates that the
concept of "Peru" is both a strange and enlightening invention of
the modern colonial imagination--an invention that lives on today
as a postcolonial wager on a democratic political future that can
only be imagined in its own historicist terms, not those of
European or Western history. A fascinating counter example to those
who mistakenly believe history to be an exact and objective
science, "History's Peru" is an intellectual adventure of wide
scope and great originality. Mark Thurner is associate professor of
history and anthropology at the University of Florida.
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