The Relevance of History in a Post modern milieu-Paul Ricoeur’s critical hermeneutics of history

Abstract

The conducted research study is an exploration of Paul Ricoeur’s Critical Hermeneutics of History. It reflects on and interpret proposals made by Paul Ricoeur on three major contentions: The relevance of history and of memory, history and historical discourse; historical discourse and fictional literature. It depicts the relevance of history in our postmodern milieu, The study is conducted in Madalag, Aklan to indigenous people known as “AkeanonBukidnon” simply to assess their reactions to Paul Ricoeur’s contention on the relevance of history and of memory, historical discourse and fictional literature.