The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role

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Autor(a) principal: Reis, Bruno C.
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Oliveira, Pedro Aires
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2016.1253599
Resumo: UID/HIS/04209/2013 UID/CPO/04627/2013
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spelling The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial RoleCultureDecolonizationForeign policyPortugalSouthern AfricaCultural StudiesHistorySociology and Political ScienceUID/HIS/04209/2013 UID/CPO/04627/2013The central role in Portuguese political culture of the identification of Portugal as a colonizing power legitimized a massive mobilization and violent response to the perceived existential threat of decolonization in the shape of prolonged wars in its main African colonies (1961–1974). If, however, this cultural myth of a Greater Portugal overseas was so powerful, how was decolonization eventually possible? The accumulated human and economic cost of facing three simultaneous, protracted anti-colonial insurgencies eroded this overseas creed and made Catholic and Marxist strands of anti-colonialism increasingly attractive to younger, more internationally connected, Portuguese elites. What also happened, however, this article will argue, was a refashioning of the powerful cultural myth of a special connection between Portugal and tropical Africa. A colonial myth was turned into a post-colonial myth legitimizing decolonization as a mutual and fraternal liberation from the same oppressive regime without a loss of strong ‘natural’ cultural bonds. More widely, the article aims to show that we cannot ignore the importance of cultural factors in international history. Our approach in this article is pluralist and this means that while arguing strongly for taking culture seriously and focusing on it, it does consider other, including more material, dimensions of power.Departamento de História (DH)Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI)Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC)RUNReis, Bruno C.Oliveira, Pedro Aires2022-02-10T01:30:39Z2018-05-272018-05-27T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article23application/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2016.1253599eng0707-5332PURE: 3290071http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85008403588&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2016.1253599info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:17:46Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/32015Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:29:47.018152Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
title The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
spellingShingle The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
Reis, Bruno C.
Culture
Decolonization
Foreign policy
Portugal
Southern Africa
Cultural Studies
History
Sociology and Political Science
title_short The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
title_full The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
title_fullStr The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
title_full_unstemmed The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
title_sort The Power and Limits of Cultural Myths in Portugal's Search for a Post-Imperial Role
author Reis, Bruno C.
author_facet Reis, Bruno C.
Oliveira, Pedro Aires
author_role author
author2 Oliveira, Pedro Aires
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de História (DH)
Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI)
Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Reis, Bruno C.
Oliveira, Pedro Aires
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Culture
Decolonization
Foreign policy
Portugal
Southern Africa
Cultural Studies
History
Sociology and Political Science
topic Culture
Decolonization
Foreign policy
Portugal
Southern Africa
Cultural Studies
History
Sociology and Political Science
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