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Copyright Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Sep-Dec 2009

Abstract

This paper aims to present Brazilian foreign policy thought in the Second Empire and in the First Republic. It is argued that Brazil's position in bilateral relations with great powers from 1845 to 1866 and in multilateral conferences from 1906 to 1907 is enunciated through the particular/universal and civilization/barbarism antitheses. By means of the former, policymakers inscribed the country within the scope of an intra-European pattern of relationships, debating among themselves the limits international norms could impose to sovereign practices. By means of the latter antithesis, policymakers repudiated Brazil's inclusion in the group of countries subjected to an extra-European pattern of relationships. Instead, they affirmed an imperative of modernization of society by the state, aiming at avoiding the disregard for Brazilian territorial sovereignty and at legitimizing the country's insertion in the intra-European pattern. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
Soberania e Modernização no Brasil: Pensamento de Política Externa no Segundo Reinado e na Primeira República
Author
Feldman, Luiz
Pages
535-592
Publication year
2009
Publication date
Sep-Dec 2009
Publisher
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
ISSN
01028529
e-ISSN
19820240
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1348885066
Copyright
Copyright Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Sep-Dec 2009