Unverzeihlicher Antikonformismus: Die Schriften Hans Paasches in der Ära des deutschen Kolonialismus

In a page of his journal of 1916, Hans Paasche (1881-1920) wrote a long reflection on metánoia, a concept indicating a deep change in thinking, a radical shift. In fact the whole life of Hans Paasche testifies this radical conversion: official in the repression of the maji-maji riots in the german colonies of Ostafrika, skilled hunter, volounteer in the Great War, and then vigorous pacifist, relentless opponent of alcohol abuse and fervent vegetarian, ironic writer and passionate political reformer. In an environment in which the change is seen as a betrayal, his life shows that owerness (presa di coscienza) leads to marginalisation and to murder. The absence of forgivness and understanding still continues and his work and his thought are almost totally removed.This paper intends to analyze the thought of Hans Paasche through his works, firstly Die Forschungsreise des Afrikaners Lunkanga Mukara ins innerste Deutschland, hightlighting how, in his later years, Paasche felt the need to communicate his traumatic experiences to avoid their repetition.