The Memory of the Portuguese First Republic throughout the Twentieth Century

Sardica, José Miguel

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Year:: 2011
Contributor:: Sardica, José Miguel (author)
Genre:: articles
Subject:: Republicanism > Portugal > 1910-1926; Historiography; Collective memory; Primeira República; Memorials
Extent:: pp. 63-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/2k33-w151

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Abstract:: The Portuguese First Republic (1910-1926) is still today a historical period marked by the controversies it generated. Despite its overall failure as an attempt to democratize and modernize the country, the regime left a powerful legacy in the collective memory, acritically glorified or condemned, depending on whether it fueled the apologetic and proselytic view of the utopia-to-be or, in contrast, the devilish view of a close-to-anarchy and Jacobin-like experience. This text analyzes the way in which the First Republic's memory became a topic for heated debate, marking out positions and projecting them onto the appreciations that successive Portuguese generations were to make on this matter throughout the twentieth century.; A Primeira República Portuguesa (1910-1926) é ainda hoje um período histórico marcado pelas controvérsias que suscitou. Apesar do seu fracasso geral, como tentativa de democratização e modernização do país, ela deixou um poderoso legado na memória colectiva, acriticamente glorificado ou condenado, consoante alimentou a visão apologética e proselitista da utopia tentada ou, em contraste, a visão demoníaca de uma experiência anárquica e jacobina. Este texto analisa a forma como a memória da Primeira República se tornou um tópico de acesa discussão, extremando posições e projectando-as na própria leitura que gerações sucessivas de portugueses foram fazendo dela ao longo do século XX.

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Sardica, José Miguel, "The Memory of the Portuguese First Republic throughout the Twentieth Century" (2011). e-Journal of Portuguese History. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/2k33-w151

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e-Journal of Portuguese History

The e-Journal of Portuguese History (e-JPH) (ISSN: 1645-6432) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal with the objective of providing publication of work on historical subjects, especially those concerning themes and topics of Portuguese history analyzed in a comparative perspective. It …

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