My History or Our History? Historical Revisionism and Entitlement to Lead

IF 5.9 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

American Political Science Review Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI:10.1017/s000305542300117x

Nicholas Haas, Emmy Lindstam

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Abstract

Ongoing, spirited debates from around the globe over statues, street names, symbols, and textbooks call for a greater understanding of the political effects of different historical representations. In this paper, we theorize that inclusive (exclusive) historical representations can increase (decrease) marginalized group members’ perceived centrality to the nation, entitlement to speak on its behalf, and likelihood of becoming leaders. In an online experiment in India ( $ N=1,592 $ ), we randomly assign participants exercises sourced from official state textbooks containing either an exclusive, inclusive, or a neutral representation of history. We subsequently assess the supply of and demand for Muslim leadership using both an original, incentivized game and additional survey and behavioral measures. We find that inclusive historical narratives increase Muslim participants’ perceived centrality and entitlement, desire to lead, and demand for real-world Muslim leaders. Battles over history can carry consequences for the leadership ambitions of marginalized individuals, for themselves and their communities.

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我的历史还是我们的历史？历史修正主义与领导权

全球各地正在就雕像、街道名称、标志和教科书展开激烈的辩论，这要求我们更深入地了解不同历史表述的政治影响。在本文中，我们提出的理论是，包容性（排他性）的历史表述可以增加（减少）边缘化群体成员对国家中心地位的感知、代表国家发言的权利以及成为领袖的可能性。在印度的一项在线实验中（$ N=1,592 $），我们随机给参与者分配了来自国家官方教科书的习题，这些教科书分别包含排他性、包容性或中性的历史表述。随后，我们通过一个原创的激励游戏以及额外的调查和行为测量来评估穆斯林领导力的供需情况。我们发现，包容性的历史叙事增加了穆斯林参与者的中心感和权利感、领导欲望以及对现实世界中穆斯林领袖的需求。对历史的争夺会影响边缘化个人的领导抱负，也会影响他们自己和他们的社区。

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9.80

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5.90%

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119

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