The United States foreign policy from 1865 to 1912: discursive analysis of the American rise

Author(s)

Lucas Amaral Batista Leite

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Marília. 2017-09-19.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências. Marília
• Defense date: 2017-08-21
• Advisor: Marco Aurélio Nogueira de Oliveira e Silva

Abstract

This dissertation aims to illustrate the rise of the United States in the international system through presidential speeches of the State of the Union analysis, from 1865 to 1912. We seek to understand the role played by perceptions of singularity, especially in the so-called Manifest Destiny and the Roosevelt Corollary’s of Monroe Doctrine. Additionally, we emphasize the narratives that relate the construction of American identities as opposed to the "Other", usually approached under a Darwinian perception of social relations between the nations and the U.S. presidents, including the idea of a border that expands according to the needs and interests of the country - in an order and hemispheric stability that would correspond to a similar project internally. Our analysis will be conducted poststructuralist theory, mainly in the works of authors such as David Campbell (1992) and Robert Walker (1993), that consider the language as an subject of study in the discipline of International Relations. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/00591-9 - The United States foreign policy from 1865 to 1913: discourse analysis of the North-American rise
• Grantee: Lucas Amaral Batista Leite
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate