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O discurso contra-hegemônico dos direitos humanos na revolução bolivariana
| Resumo: | This study analyzes the construction of the discourse of human rights made by the Bolivarian government as a way of establishing a counter-hegemonic position in international politics. It is intended to point out that the politicization of human rights discourse in the Bolivarian Revolution reveals a dispute over the moral legitimacy of a power project and a model of society. Accordingly, in the context of the revolution,human rights are established in opposition to official discourse, the action of the international human rights organizations and NGOs. The construction of this discourse obeys to the ideological paradigms of the revolution, and to understand them one must know the historical aspects of Venezuelan society. From this analysis it is possible to understand the polarization promoted by the Bolivarian political project: on one side the capitalist liberal democracy and on the other the democratic radicalism of Venezuelan socialism. Therefore, the human rights language becomes a common ideological tool; in each case representative of two distinct ideological models. This dimension is visible in the relationships that the country establishes with regional human rights agencies, as well as with the U.S. government. In order to identify all the political, cultural, and ideological dynamics of the Bolivarian human rights discourse, and its use as a policy tool, one must question the consensus and deconstruct the universality of human rights. |
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| Autores principais: | Betencourt, Rafael de Ávila |
| Assunto: | Human rights Bolivarian Revolution International relations Hugo Chávez Speech analysis Direitos humanos Revolução bolivariana Relações internacionais Análise de discurso |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | This study analyzes the construction of the discourse of human rights made by the Bolivarian government as a way of establishing a counter-hegemonic position in international politics. It is intended to point out that the politicization of human rights discourse in the Bolivarian Revolution reveals a dispute over the moral legitimacy of a power project and a model of society. Accordingly, in the context of the revolution,human rights are established in opposition to official discourse, the action of the international human rights organizations and NGOs. The construction of this discourse obeys to the ideological paradigms of the revolution, and to understand them one must know the historical aspects of Venezuelan society. From this analysis it is possible to understand the polarization promoted by the Bolivarian political project: on one side the capitalist liberal democracy and on the other the democratic radicalism of Venezuelan socialism. Therefore, the human rights language becomes a common ideological tool; in each case representative of two distinct ideological models. This dimension is visible in the relationships that the country establishes with regional human rights agencies, as well as with the U.S. government. In order to identify all the political, cultural, and ideological dynamics of the Bolivarian human rights discourse, and its use as a policy tool, one must question the consensus and deconstruct the universality of human rights. |
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