Patriotism and progpaganda in the action of the republican intellectual elite during the Great War
Resumo
The Republican intelligentsia played a leading role in promoting
Portuguese involvement in the Great War. The conscious assumption
of a social mission was evident in different literary projects with which
intellectuals sought to raise the nation’s awareness and at the same
time legitimize the interventionist policy of the Republic. According to
their rhetoric, the war offered a new means for collective resurgence, a
fact that explains the importance of the idealist features of their patriotic discourse, which aimed at strengthening national cohesion without,
however, overlooking the need to reinforce the political and ideological
legacy of modernity, which was seen as a civilizational achievement.
O escol intelectual republicano assumiu grande protagonismo
na propaganda a favor da beligerância portuguesa durante a Grande
Guerra. A assunção consciente de uma missão social tornou-se
evidente em diferentes projectos literários com que procurou mobilizar
a consciência nacional e ao mesmo tempo legitimar a política
intervencionista da república. A sua retórica vislumbrou no confl ito uma
nova via de ressurgimento colectivo, facto que explica a importância da
componente idealista do seu discurso patriótico, com o qual almejava
reforçar a coesão nacional. Mas que não perdia de vista a necessidade de
reforçar o património político e ideológico da modernidade entendido
como conquista civilizacional.
Patriotism and progpaganda in the action of the republican intellectual elite during the Great War
Resumo
The Republican intelligentsia played a leading role in promoting
Portuguese involvement in the Great War. The conscious assumption
of a social mission was evident in different literary projects with which
intellectuals sought to raise the nation’s awareness and at the same
time legitimize the interventionist policy of the Republic. According to
their rhetoric, the war offered a new means for collective resurgence, a
fact that explains the importance of the idealist features of their patriotic discourse, which aimed at strengthening national cohesion without,
however, overlooking the need to reinforce the political and ideological
legacy of modernity, which was seen as a civilizational achievement.
O escol intelectual republicano assumiu grande protagonismo
na propaganda a favor da beligerância portuguesa durante a Grande
Guerra. A assunção consciente de uma missão social tornou-se
evidente em diferentes projectos literários com que procurou mobilizar
a consciência nacional e ao mesmo tempo legitimar a política
intervencionista da república. A sua retórica vislumbrou no confl ito uma
nova via de ressurgimento colectivo, facto que explica a importância da
componente idealista do seu discurso patriótico, com o qual almejava
reforçar a coesão nacional. Mas que não perdia de vista a necessidade de
reforçar o património político e ideológico da modernidade entendido
como conquista civilizacional.