La Guerra del Pacífico y el americanismo republicano en el discurso bélico peruano
La Guerra del Pacífico y el americanismo republicano en el discurso bélico peruano
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Arellano González, Juan
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Revista História Unisinos, Vol. 18, N° 2, 392-402, 2014
Keywords
Discurso bélico - Guerra del Pacífico - Americanismo republicano
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Abstract
Este artículo analiza los discursos bélicos peruanos desplegados durante la Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1884), colocando especial énfasis en los conceptos y convenciones implícitas que se observaban en las arengas guerreras que tienen como objetivo legitimar el conflicto armado. Atendiendo la distinción conceptual entre patriotismo y nacionalismo, la hipótesis plantea que la retórica guerrera peruana se destacó inicialmente por su fuerte acento americanista y republicano. En términos metodológicos, este trabajo se adscribe a la historia de los lenguajes políticos, enfoque teórico y metodológico propuesto por la denominada “Escuela de Cambridge”. Las fuentes sobre las que se sostiene esta investigación son fundamentalmente periódicos y pasquines impresos. Se concluye que el discurso bélico se caracterizó por ser ágil y cambiante, siempre sujeto al acontecer de la guerra.
This article analyzes the Peruvian war discourse during the Pacific War (1879-1884). Special emphasis is placed on the implicit concepts and conventions that were observed in the war-hawking harangues which had the objective of legitimizing armed confl ict. Attending to the conceptual distinction between patriotism and nation-alism, the hypothesis proposes that the Peruvian war rhetoric stands out for initially having a strong Americanist and republican accent. In methodological terms, this study subscribes to the history of political language, a theoretic and methodological focus proposed by the “Cambridge School.” Th e sources that sustain this research are fun-damentally newspapers and printed leafl ets. It is concluded that the war discourse was characterized by being agile and changing, always subject to the happenings of the War
This article analyzes the Peruvian war discourse during the Pacific War (1879-1884). Special emphasis is placed on the implicit concepts and conventions that were observed in the war-hawking harangues which had the objective of legitimizing armed confl ict. Attending to the conceptual distinction between patriotism and nation-alism, the hypothesis proposes that the Peruvian war rhetoric stands out for initially having a strong Americanist and republican accent. In methodological terms, this study subscribes to the history of political language, a theoretic and methodological focus proposed by the “Cambridge School.” Th e sources that sustain this research are fun-damentally newspapers and printed leafl ets. It is concluded that the war discourse was characterized by being agile and changing, always subject to the happenings of the War