Em defesa do conhecimento histórico: O estatuto de verdade da História e o ensino da ditadura civil-militar brasileira na Educação Básica

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of a personal discomfort with speeches that discredit History as a science. To defend historical knowledge, it debates the scientific method, the primacy of evidence and rigorous procedures for building epistemological knowledge. At the same time, the construction of such a defense walks along with an education that works to preserve Human Rights and Democracy. Achieving this goal, maybe even more important than the first, involves analyzing a disastrous historical period in Brazilian History: the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985). Throughout this text, there is a debate around revisionism, denialism and praise for the dictatorship, presenting proposals so that, in the teaching practice of Basic Education, History teachers position themselves as defenders of scientific knowledge that, among other things, becomes a central weapon to combat lies, violence, prejudice and the maintenance of hegemony.