Os motins políticos de um ilustrado liberal: história, memória e narrativa na Amazônia em fins do século XIX

Esta dissertação pretende analisar a obra de cinco tomos intitulada Motins Políticos ou história dos principais acontecimentos políticos na Província do Pará desde o ano de 1821 até 1835. Elaborado em finais do século XIX pelo historiador e político Domingos Antônio Raiol (Barão de Guajará), esse estudo caracteriza-se pela descrição de uma série de conflitos políticos e sociais ocorridos no Grão-Pará, entre as décadas de 1820 e 1830, transformando-se ao longo do século XX, em fonte central para a história da Cabanagem. Ademais, o livro de Raiol foi muito além de elencar fontes sobre a superficialidade dos eventos políticos e suas lideranças amazônicas. Motins Políticos apresenta através de olhares sensíveis ou racionais, inúmeras referências direcionadas à natureza e sociedade amazônica. Analisando estas concepções românticas e cientificistas, essa dissertação investiga o percurso metodológico de seu autor, seu processo de produção, bem como as inúmeras críticas impetradas a ele e a sua obra ao longo do tempo.

Desenvolvimento e socioambientalismo: uma análise do discurso jornalístico de O Liberal e Diário do Pará sobre a Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte

O debate em torno da viabilidade da construção da Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte, na região Xingu do estado do Pará, voltou a ocupar as páginas de dois principais jornais paraenses, O Liberal e Diário do Pará, após 30 anos de criação do projeto pelo governo federal brasileiro. No período de 1º/05/2009 a 30/09/2010, as publicações reconstituíram o ambiente de embate instaurado entre diversos agentes e instituições sociais a respeito do empreendimento hidrelétrico, com a publicação de 475 textos jornalísticos sobre o tema, entre editoriais, entrevistas, artigos, notas, manchetes, notícias factuais e reportagens. Para compreender o processo comunicativo/discursivo de produção e reiteração de sentidos materializados nos textos jornalísticos dos periódicos, optou-se pela metodologia de análise do discurso de vertente francesa, com atenção para as relações existentes entre comunicação e discurso, as formações discursivas presentes nas matérias, assim como a manifestação da interdiscursividade. Como resultado da análise, exemplificada com a apresentação de seqüências discursivas de 32 textos selecionados do corpus principal e divididos em subtemáticas, constata-se a predominância do discurso desenvolvimentista em detrimento do socioambiental, apresentando fortes vínculos com outros discursos já proferidos sobre a Amazônia, esta ainda vista como um local repleto de riquezas a serem exploradas para atender aos interesses externos à região. Percebe-se também a valorização das declarações de fontes oficiais e de representantes de ONGs preservacionistas, artistas e pesquisadores, sendo que os Povos da Floresta permanecem em um plano de visibilidade inferior na reconstrução da polêmica sobre a Usina de Belo Monte.

Representações do político: a polarização democracia liberal versus totalitarismo nas páginas do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo (1937-1940)

Este artigo tem por finalidade discutir as relações políticas entre o grupo reunido em torno do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo e o governo autoritário de Getúlio Vargas instaurado em novembro de 1937, num momento em que a Europa se dividia entre países totalitários, de esquerda e de direita, e liberal-democráticos.

Indivíduo, liberdade e igualdade no pensamento liberal e em Marx

O presente artigo pretende realizar um breve balanço bibliográfico em tomo de algumas categorias do pensamento de Tocqueville, Stuart Mill e Bentham para confrontá-las com o pensamento de Marx e realizar, assim, uma reflexão sobre a política em cada um deles.

Psychology and psychoanalysis in Brazil - From cultural syncretism to the collapse of liberal individualism

This paper focuses first on cultural syncretism, used to characterize Brazilian culture. The other aspect of this socially and racially blended culture is the unfinished assimilation of liberalism in politics and the economy, which defines Brazilian society. The increased assimilation and dissemination of psychology may be linked with these in cultural and social aspects. During the military period (1964-1974) the major expansion in university-level studies in psychology contributed ideologically to the dissemination of psychology throughout Brazilian society. This introduced a type of psychology that was related primarily to clinical practice and developed in opposition to social work practice. This paper examines the ideological bases for this conflict between clinical and social work. Criteria for understanding the cultural dissemination of psychoanalysis are then discussed, and it is argued that cultural incorporation of psychoanalysis involves the development of discourse complexes to reflect particular aspects of Brazilian society. The criteria (a non-totalitarian society and the displacement of a magical and religious interpretation of mental disturbance by psychiatric interpretation) are evaluated in relation to the peculiarities of Brazilian syncretism. The paper argues that cultural syncretism and the incomplete assimilation of liberal ideology must be included as criteria in understanding the particular cultural incorporation of psychoanalysis in Brazil.

Explaining standing order reforms in the Camera dei Deputati during the liberal age

How might the continuous changes in the standing orders of the Camera dei Deputati between 1861 and 1922 be explained? To answer this question, the text investigates the political events associated with standing order reforms. Two results are emphasized. On the one hand, and contrary to common views, the study shows that the reforms were not casual or episodic, but resulted from different sets of political pressure, internal or external to the parliamentary ambit. This fact, on the other hand, draws attention to the need to go deeper into the question of the institutional evolution of the liberal parliament, chiefly with regard to relations among institutional actors.

Nationen och hans hustru : Feminism och nationalism i Israel med fokus på Miriam Kainys dramatik

The aim of this thesis is to elucidate the tension between feminism and nationalism in Israel and to investigate the ways by which such discursive currents mark the identities of Israeli women. The specific field of investigation is Israeli theatre, and the identities examined are dramatic characters created by the Israeli playwright Miriam Kainy. Also examined is the character of the playwright herself. Theatre is being observed as a specific field of society in which the position of women can be clarified. What kind of women characters the Israeli theatre produces is therefore a leading question for this study. Feminist theories, focusing on gender aspects of power relations, together with the postcolonial perspective, which considers power relations by focusing on ethnicity and geopolitical aspects, provide the theoretical tools. The social constructionist viewpoint is used since it provides an appropriate understanding of important notions for the thesis, such as nation and identity, considering them as constructions created by discourse. The discourses focused upon are the national v. the feminist discourse and theatre is viewed as a discourse mediator, which is why the dramatic text is the object of the analysis. The specific method of analysis is inspired by Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. The main part of the thesis consists of a discursive analysis of five women characters, constructed within a period of about five decades, namely between the 1950s and 1990s. Each one of these characters consists of an articulation which is considered representative of a specific time-relevant discursive struggle between the two discourses in question. One of the central assumptions of the thesis is that the Israeli national identity is thoroughly masculine. The identity problems it has been causing Israeli women since the time of the pioneers until today are clearly illuminated throughout the analysis. The conclusion emphasises that the subjectpositions being introduced by Israeli national discourse, namely the ways of being a New Jew, an Israeli, collide with those introduced by feminist discourse, i.e. ways of being an independent woman subject. Nevertheless, each and every character demonstrates creative ways of transforming the discourses by aiming at a hybrid formation.

Public Monuments and the Development of Siamese Nationalism, 1908-1945

A careful study of Siam's public monuments is the key to understanding the development of the Siamese nation in its formative period, from 1908 to 1945. As Siam's elites attempted to modernize the state in order to compete with the more developed powers of the West, they recognized that nationalism could potentially be used as a force to increase popular unity, consolidate modernization programs, legitimize their own authority, and protect the country from foreign conquest. The problem they faced, however, was how best to communicate nationalism to the people. Different factions throughout this era had their own idea of what it meant to be Siamese, and all of them wanted to control the national image. But literacy in Siam was extremely low, and art too expensive for most individuals to possess. Public political monuments, the focus of this thesis, therefore became the primary means of manifesting and propagating the underlying tenets of the new Siamese nation. Public monuments express the changing imaginings of the Siamese nation in this period of enormous transformations and turbulence, through the motives behind their commissioning, the political messages they convey, and popular reactions to the monuments. Three primary strains of Siamese nationalism emerged during this period: royalist nationalism, republican nationalism, and military nationalism. These three imaginings of the nation continually developed and interacted with each other, but each was particularly dominant at a given time in Siamese history. Monuments of the royalist period (1908-1925) embody the desire of Siam's kings to not only promote national pride amongst the Siamese people, but also advocate an image of nation and king as one. Monuments of the republican period (1925-1939) express the changing and sometimes contradictory events of their times, as they demonstrate new national values based on the sovereignty of the people, the value of the constitution, and the growing power of the military. And monuments of the military period (1939-1945) espouse an assertive and militaristic national image of warfare, patriotism, authority, and vigor. This thesis explores the nationalistic themes expressed in these monuments, and how these themes played out in the course of Siam's wider history.