The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA

The political-ideological characterization and analysis of Angolan nationalist movements and the conflicts between them, has always been subject of major and passionate political-academic discussion, which became an important component of the nationalist movements’ international and domestic charac...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Nuno de Fragoso Vidal
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES FR PT
Publicado:	Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina 2021
Materias:	History (General) D1-2009 Modern history, 1453- D204-475
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/99e1a325889449249199af483b5741d4
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:99e1a325889449249199af483b5741d4
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:99e1a325889449249199af483b5741d42021-11-05T16:26:51ZThe international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA10.5965/2175180313342021e01022175-1803https://doaj.org/article/99e1a325889449249199af483b5741d42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/tempo/article/view/20264https://doaj.org/toc/2175-1803 The political-ideological characterization and analysis of Angolan nationalist movements and the conflicts between them, has always been subject of major and passionate political-academic discussion, which became an important component of the nationalist movements’ international and domestic characterization and definition. The MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) rapidly acquired the epithet of leftist, Socialist and Marxist since the anti-colonial struggle through the independence and afterwards. However, during the so-called founding period of an officially proclaimed Socialist MPLA, in an apparent contradiction, the MPLA’s governing practice went objectively in an opposite direction, while still reinforcing that unquestioned epithet of Socialist. It is here argued that foreign attributed classifications (political and academic), influenced by the passionate political-idological struggles of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the civil war and the Cold War, ended up diplomatically-politically assumed (instrumentalised) by the movement itself, whereby an illusive characterization/identification prevailed, hampering a more objective analysis of the post-independence political practice. Our paper will focus on the contrast between the academic discussion on the political-ideological characterization of the MPLA (part I) and the governing practice of the party during the administration of the first President of the Republic, which was the founding period of the MPLA as a so-called Marxist-Leninist Socialist party (part II). Keywords: Angola; MPLA; Socialism; Agostinho Neto administration; political orientation. Nuno de Fragoso VidalUniversidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaarticleHistory (General)D1-2009Modern history, 1453-D204-475ENESFRPTTempo e Argumento, Vol 13, Iss 34 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN ES FR PT
topic	History (General) D1-2009 Modern history, 1453- D204-475
spellingShingle	History (General) D1-2009 Modern history, 1453- D204-475 Nuno de Fragoso Vidal The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
description	The political-ideological characterization and analysis of Angolan nationalist movements and the conflicts between them, has always been subject of major and passionate political-academic discussion, which became an important component of the nationalist movements’ international and domestic characterization and definition. The MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) rapidly acquired the epithet of leftist, Socialist and Marxist since the anti-colonial struggle through the independence and afterwards. However, during the so-called founding period of an officially proclaimed Socialist MPLA, in an apparent contradiction, the MPLA’s governing practice went objectively in an opposite direction, while still reinforcing that unquestioned epithet of Socialist. It is here argued that foreign attributed classifications (political and academic), influenced by the passionate political-idological struggles of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the civil war and the Cold War, ended up diplomatically-politically assumed (instrumentalised) by the movement itself, whereby an illusive characterization/identification prevailed, hampering a more objective analysis of the post-independence political practice. Our paper will focus on the contrast between the academic discussion on the political-ideological characterization of the MPLA (part I) and the governing practice of the party during the administration of the first President of the Republic, which was the founding period of the MPLA as a so-called Marxist-Leninist Socialist party (part II). Keywords: Angola; MPLA; Socialism; Agostinho Neto administration; political orientation.
format	article
author	Nuno de Fragoso Vidal
author_facet	Nuno de Fragoso Vidal
author_sort	Nuno de Fragoso Vidal
title	The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
title_short	The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
title_full	The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
title_fullStr	The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
title_full_unstemmed	The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA
title_sort	international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the socialist mpla
publisher	Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/99e1a325889449249199af483b5741d4
work_keys_str_mv	AT nunodefragosovidal theinternationalanddomesticfabricsofanideologicalillusionthesocialistmpla AT nunodefragosovidal internationalanddomesticfabricsofanideologicalillusionthesocialistmpla
_version_	1718444178022596608

The international and domestic fabrics of an ideological illusion: the Socialist MPLA

Ejemplares similares