The National History of Quebec: A response to Jean-François Cardin and his scientific and epistemic claims
This text is an answer to the problematic « article » made by Jean-François Cardin in his review of the book I co-directed with the historian Charles-Philippe Courtois in 2021 (Septentrion) L’histoire nationale du Québec. Entre bon-ententisme et nationalisme, de 1832 à nos jours. This answer dismantles Cardin’s scientific and epistemological claims. Contrary to what Cardin declares, all too often incorrectly, we think this book brings a significant scientific innovative contribution about the historiography of teaching history in Québec.