History and politics : the colonial historiography between the criticism and the responsibility (1989-2010).

Este artigo objetiva levantar quest?es acerca de alguns dos debates travados pela historiografia colonial brasileira nas ?ltimas duas d?cadas, relacionando-as, em linhas gerais, com mudan?as pol?ticas e sociais ocorridas no Brasil. Sugere-se que, no cerne de tais debates, encontra-se um mal-estar atinente ?s formas pelas quais os historiadores lidam com o problema da responsabilidade diante de uma sociedade marcadamente desigual.This paper aims to raise some questions about the debates made by the Brazilian colonial historiography in the last two decades, relating them in general to the political and social changes happened in Brazil. It is suggested that in the heart of these debates it is the problem of the responsibility as to a very inequal society