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MARITIME MENTALITY AND NATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Ilques Barbosa Júnior

...The ocean is a medium different from the earth:
so different, in fact, that it forces us to think differently.
The medium itself, where everything flows and
everything is interconnected, forces us to ‘‘unfocus,’’
to shed our old concepts and paradigms, to ‘‘refocus’’
on a new paradigm. Fundamental concepts, evolved
over the millennia on land, like sovereignty, geographic
boundaries, or ownership, simply will not work in
the ocean medium where new political, legal,
and economic concepts are emerging.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese

1. Introduction

After some initial difficulty, due to the the definition of “Mentality” is presented.
breadth and complexity of the topic, the Mentality can be conceptualized as:
starting point was the elaboration of stud- “state, quality of what is mental, of what
ies to identify the influences of the Mar- characterizes the processes and activities
itime Mentality on national development. of the mind” (PINHEIRO, 2016). Addition-
As renowned scientists, professors and sail- ally, “a set of mental manifestations (be-
ors analyzed this relevant subject, we will liefs, way of thinking, psychic, and moral
certainly carry out an estimated navigation; dispositions), which characterize a collec-
considering the aforementioned breadth tivity, a class of people or an individual;
and complexity and, therefore, without the mind, personality”.
intention of ending the task . However, the above concepts would not
As the first point on the chart, aiming be understood within the specificity expect-
from the outset to neutralize the uncertainties ed in the present work, thus the “Maritime
of an estimated navigation, a proposal for Mentality” must be characterized.

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