%0 Journal Article %T Usos e interpretaciones de la historia de Venezuela en el pensamiento de Hugo Ch¨¢vez %A Romero %A Juan Eduardo %J Revista Venezolana de Econom¨ªa y Ciencias Sociales %D 2005 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article is based on research undertaken within the framework of the project £¿public space, participation and militarism in venezuela (1998-2002)£¿. the theoretical assumptions are derived from political philosophy and analysis of discourse. the author examines the relationship between ch¨¢vez£¿ political thought, his use of history and the way he portrays different historical actors. the analysis examines the theme in terms of three dimensions: the reconstruction of the recent and more distant past; the illegitimizing of competing political actors; and the justification of the bolivarian project, all designed to foster hegemony in the sense proposed by gramsci. %K discourse %K history %K venezuela %K ch¨¢vez %K policy. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1315-64112005000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en