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The claim that history is not a fixed, objective record of "what happened," but a story continually built, edited, and contested in the present. The facts (dates, events) are raw material, but the narrative—who are the heroes and villains, what was the cause, what does it mean for us—is a construction that serves current power dynamics, national identity, and social values. History is politics projected backward.
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