Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Pimenta Bertolla.pdf: 734035 bytes, checksum: 11eb01b7557a8f16a2bbcb801b803bbd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-17 / This dissertation analyses the Church s political influence on the State, a controversial topic with roots of great depth in history, especially in the period when the States were being formed, when the Church had many riches and power and dominion over education, affecting the political basis and infiltrating the civil authorities. Therefore, this study s goal is to provide a general look of how the Protestant Reformation influenced the politics, specifically in Germany and in its late unification process; and to understand how the Church s division, starting with the Protestant Reformation, generated consequences in the political world. In order to analyze the role of Protestantism in the formation of the German nation, the Catholic Church s history was analyzed, showing its evolution and how in the medieval period, it became an independent and autonomous institution, that possessed many lands, riches and the monopoly of knowledge. An institution capable of exercising great political and social influence in the people and in the civil authorities. This research is organized around the question: is there in fact a real influence of Protestantism in the formation of the German nation? Based on historical and theological arguments, the suggested hypothesis is that the Protestantism influenced the formation of the modern political thought, more specifically in the formation of the concept of German nation, given the verifications as: the real power the Catholic Church had over the government of the European territories, influence that was extended to Lutheranism in Christianity s division, especially when it was used by princes who sought regional autonomy, which led to the strengthening of the internal segregation of the territories that would come to constitute Germany. / A dissertação analisa a influência política da Igreja no Estado, tema polêmico com raízes de grande profundidade na história, principalmente no período de formação dos Estados, quando a Igreja possuía muitas riquezas e poder e dominava a instrução, influenciando a base política e infiltrando as autoridades seculares. A partir dessa realidade, o objetivo desse estudo é fornecer uma visão, de uma forma geral, de como a Reforma Protestante influenciou a política, especificamente na Alemanha e em seu processo tardio de unificação. Procura-se compreender como a cisão da Igreja, a partir da Reforma Protestante, gerou conseqüências no mundo político. Para analisar o papel do protestantismo na formação do Estado-nação alemão, analisa-se um histórico da Igreja Católica, mostrando a sua evolução e como, no período medieval, se tornou uma instituição independente e autônoma, possuidora de diversas terras, riquezas e do monopólio do conhecimento. Uma instituição capaz de exercer grande influência política e social, tanto no povo como nas autoridades seculares. A pesquisa se organiza a partir do seguinte problema central: há, de fato, uma real influência do protestantismo na formação do Estado-nação alemão? Com base em argumentos históricos e teológicos, a hipótese sugerida é que o protestantismo exerceu influência na formação do pensamento político moderno, mais especificamente na própria formação do conceito de Estado-nação alemão, a partir de constatações como: o real poder exercido pela Igreja Católica no governo dos territórios europeus, influência esta que se estendeu ao luteranismo na cisão do cristianismo, principalmente quando este foi utilizado por príncipes que buscavam autonomia regional, o que levou ao fortalecimento da segregação interna dos territórios que viriam a constituir a Alemanha.

This thesis analyzes the published commentary of editorial journalists regarding the division of Germany in twelve major newspapers of the Federal Republic of Germany in a period spanning from the final years of division to the immediate aftermath of the unification of the two German states. The study tracks editorial advocacy in response to East German leader Erich Honecker's Bonn visit in 1987 coupled with the intra-German policy efforts of the Social Democratic Party in opposition, which seemed to edge towards two-state neutralism; the wave of repression in the German Democratic Republic from late 1987 onward in the wake of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme, and the June 1989 visit of Mikhail Gorbachev to Bonn. Journalistic commentators' propagation of a form of constitutional patriotism as a Federal Republican identity will be examined. Responses to the East German Revolution as it developed in late 1989 are analyzed in detail, followed by an account of journalistic efforts to define the political-cultural parameters of united Germany between March 1990 and June 1991. After four decades, the post-war division of Germany had acquired a degree of normalcy. Journalistic commentators argued against any acceptance of division that also accepted the existence of the party-state dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic, insisting that the German Question was 'open' until self-determination for East Germans was realized. Nevertheless, throughout the period journalistic commentators argued in unison against solutions to division which would alienate the Federal Republic from its western alliance or put its established socio-political order at risk. Contemporary journalism propagated an image of the Federal Republic that was thoroughly defined by its post-war internalization of 'Western' value norms. This was most evident during the East German Revolution and the immediate aftermath, ostensibly the moment of greatest uncertainty about Germany's future path, when commentators became champions of continuity within the western alliance.

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Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal