A Política do Revanchismo:

Corações Sujos e as Raízes da Crise Ideológica

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https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v19i4.97530

Abstract

This article undertakes a critical investigation of the origins of political violence that arise from revanchist thinking. It adopts as its initial point of departure a case study of the ideological crisis that arose in the Japanese Brazilian community in the immediate post-World War II era, notably through the framework presented in Fernando Morais' Dirty Hearts ([2001] 2014). Although the extremist activity of the militant group Shindō Renmei has often been ascribed to particularities in Imperial Japan or within the prewar immigrant community in Brazil, this study contends that revanchism is instead an integral feature of modern political culture that has of late explicitly re-emerged in contemporary neo-fascist populist movements through the common use of secret societies, propaganda (fake news) and conspiracy theories. Accordingly, it is imperative to apply comparative methods to locate and diagnose the root causes of revanchism in moments of collective expropriation.

Author Biographies

Henoch Gabriel Mandelbaum, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Doutorando em Ciência Política na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), onde também obteve seu Mestrado (2022). Bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) (2016). Integra o Grupo de Estudos sobre Ásia (GEASIA), do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais da Universidade de São Paulo (NUPRI-USP) e o Núcleo de Estudos e Análises Internacionais da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (NEAI-UNESP). Também é pesquisador associado da rede internacional de pesquisa Second Cold War Observatory (SCWO).  Tem experiência em Ciência Política, desenvolvendo pesquisas nas áreas de Estudos de Segurança, Análise de Política Externa e Regimes Políticos, com ênfase na China (incluindo Hong Kong, Macau e Taiwan), Brasil e Mundo Lusófono. Membro da International Political Science Association (IPSA), da Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) e da Society for Hong Kong Studies (SHKS).

Seth David Jacobowitz, Texas State University

Professor Assistente de Japonês na Texas State University.  Tem experiência na área de Estudos Japoneses, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: História do Império Japonês, História da Tecnologia no Japão, Literatura e Cultura Visual no Japão, Modernismo no Japão e Imigração Japonesa. Membro da Association for Asian Studies (AAS), da Association of Japanese Literary Studies (AJLS), da International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), da European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) e da Latin American Studies Association (LASA). 

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2025-05-29

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Mandelbaum, H. G., & Jacobowitz, S. D. (2025). A Política do Revanchismo: : Corações Sujos e as Raízes da Crise Ideológica. Revista X, 19(4), 1333–1354. https://doi.org/10.5380/rvx.v19i4.97530

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Vol. 19 No. 4 (2024): Dossiê Atemático - Estudos Linguísticos e Literários

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