I tempi della fine. Il processo di decolonizzazione in Portogallo e i percorsi dell’Europa

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/7840

Keywords:

Portugal, Empire, Decolonisation, Europe

Abstract

Between 1961 and 1974 Portugal sustained a long-term colonial war, that was not public acknowledge, with Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. After this conflict, a sudden process of decolonization occurred, following the revolution of 25th of April 1974, which ended the long-term dictatorship of the fascist regime and also the colonial war. 

This essay focuses on the reasons of this process of decolonization, its frames and reconfigurations and its impact in the Portuguese identity. The second part of this essay focuses on Portugal as a postcolonial European nation in direct confrontation and dialogue with other countries in the European Community that share a similar past, which affect Europe as a continent haunted by its colonial issues.

Author Biography

  • Margarida Calafate Ribeiro, University of Coimbra

    Margarida Calafate Ribeiro è ricercatrice e docente del Centro de Estudos Sociais dell’Università di Coimbra e responsabile, con Roberto Vecchi, della “Cátedra Eduardo Lourenço”, Instituto Camões/Università di Bologna. Con il progetto “MEMOIRS – Os Filhos dos Impérios e Pós-Memórias Europeias” ha ottenuto nel 2015 la borsa Consolidator Grant dell’European Research Council. Tra le sue pubblicazioni più importanti: Patrimónios de Influência Portuguesa: modos de olhar (con Walter Rossa); África no feminino: As mulheres portuguesas e a Guerra Colonial; Uma história de
    regressos: império, Guerra Colonial e pós-colonialismo.

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Published

2016-11-30

Issue

No. 16 (2016): Decolonizzazioni

Section

Saggi Ensayos Essais Essays

How to Cite

“I Tempi Della Fine. Il Processo Di Decolonizzazione in Portogallo E I Percorsi Dell’Europa”. 2016. Altre Modernità, no. 16 (November): 52-65. https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/7840.