Ideologia em alocuções do imperador do Japão: uma análise crítica com base em Thompson

Abstract

The present article aims to show which modes of operation of ideology can be found in the Emperor of Japan Akihito’s discourse. For this purpose, Critical Discourse Analysis’ theoretical basis is used here, more precisely the concept of ideology and the modes of operation of ideology created by Thompson. In this way, the critical analysis of Akihito’ speeches reveals that even if the Emperor of Japan does not rule the country, as stated in the Constitution of Japan, valid since the end of the Second World War, his position as the symbol of the nation and of the union of the people confers him influence over these people, carried out by the ideology.