The historic narcissus. How the study of the past changes

The age of narcissism has also contaminated the universe of writing. Novels are increasingly life stories told on a 1:1 scale. The newspapers are full of columns and articles based on self-narration, on the narration of personal events in an ironic, sarcastic, sometimes victimistic, often intimist key. Even politics, in this specific case the writing of politicians, speaks the language of selfies. Never as in the last ten years has the publishing market been invaded by autobiographies of political protagonists intent on recounting the intimate details of their family history and the emotions that have marked the individual stages of their lives, much more than their political proposals . An audience now accustomed to digital voyeurism remains fascinated, perhaps trapped, certainly entertained. Novelists, journalists, politicians, each of them, like each of us, feels entitledin the name of a phantom empathetic connection with his audience, to consider one’s banal daily life as something special to tell the whole world. Is the story? How does historiographical practice react to the narcissism of our time?