This paper will present thinkers and their ideas related to history and the past. The first part of the paper refers to F. Nietzsche and his criticism of history and education. The second part of the paper refers to M. Foucault, and the emphasis will be on his ideas of the relationship between power and knowledge, discourse and social control. In the third part of the paper, the work of J. Derrida and his concept of deconstruction will be presented. In the fourth part of the paper, J.F. Lyotard and his ideas of metanarrative will be presented. In the fifth and last part, the author Keith Jenkins will be discussed in more detail. Keith Jenkins is a great critic of history, he is greatly influenced by the aforementioned authors, and for this reason, in this part of the work, the aforementioned influence of previous authors will be shown, as well as Jenkins' interpretation of Derrida and Lyotard. Through philosophical analysis, the deconstruction of history and its role in shaping society and its control are presented.