Abstract In this article we will argue that beyond its general status and identity as the supreme law of South Africa, the 1996 constitution2 (hereinafter the constitution) is also a historiographical paradigm. We shall begin by providing general description and overview of Azanian critical philosophy focussing on its relationship to the constitution. This will be followed by a discussion on the nature of history itself and the relationship between historical knowledge and power. We will then turn to the history of South Africa in particular, which is understood both as a history of conquest as well as the conquest of history. The final parts of the article will argue that the wholesale resumption of the history of liberation is the most crucial possibility condition for the liberation of history itself.

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历史的解放和南非的终结：对非洲阿扎尼亚史学的一些说明，South1

摘要 在本文中，我们将论证，除了作为南非最高法律的一般地位和身份之外，1996 年宪法2（以下简称宪法）也是一种史学范式。我们将首先提供阿扎尼亚批判哲学的一般描述和概述，重点是它与宪法的关系。随后将讨论历史本身的性质以及历史知识与权力的关系。然后我们将特别转向南非的历史，它既被理解为征服历史，也被理解为征服历史。文章的最后部分将论证解放历史的大规模恢复是历史本身解放的最关键的可能性条件。