Um anti-herói para a história
Karl Marx e a mitificação de Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx, Mitificação, Anti-herói, Herói, Opinião públicaResumo
Este artigo analisa o processo de mitificação de uma figura histórica em uma época intensamente documentada, graças à existência dos meios de comunicação social. Examina-se o caso de Abraham Lincoln por meio dos artigos do jornalista Karl Marx, testemunha direta de sua presidência e de sua postura hesitante diante da escravidão durante a Guerra Civil norte-americana. Marx transita da indiferença à recriminação, e desta à admiração crítica, que culmina na consideração de Lincoln como um anti-herói — um herói que não aparenta sê-lo. O assassinato de Lincoln eleva-o definitivamente à condição de mito fundacional, e Marx, acompanhando a esteira da opinião pública mundial, também participa dessa construção simbólica.
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