Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso
The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of space in the Brazilian social imagination. My working hypothesis is that the spatial images contained in some of the reflections by "interpreters of Brazil", like the Amazonian writings of Euclides da Cunha and the incipient comparative soci...
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| description | The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of space in the Brazilian social imagination. My working hypothesis is that the spatial images contained in some of the reflections by "interpreters of Brazil", like the Amazonian writings of Euclides da Cunha and the incipient comparative sociology of Vicente Licínio Cardoso, are not related to an essentialist search for a fixed cultural identity, but to a vision of a national civilizing process that highlights the pragmatism and openness of this experience. I contend that the "land", as outlined by these figures, approaches Brazilian society to other national formations - Russia and America -, thereby shaping a political sociology from the periphery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36b62691d3bf41a7b9ea8d21e69f22ac2022-12-21T17:45:44ZengUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais0011-52582008-01-014se83115S0011-52582008000100008Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio CardosoJoão Marcelo Ehlert MaiaThe aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of space in the Brazilian social imagination. My working hypothesis is that the spatial images contained in some of the reflections by "interpreters of Brazil", like the Amazonian writings of Euclides da Cunha and the incipient comparative sociology of Vicente Licínio Cardoso, are not related to an essentialist search for a fixed cultural identity, but to a vision of a national civilizing process that highlights the pragmatism and openness of this experience. I contend that the "land", as outlined by these figures, approaches Brazilian society to other national formations - Russia and America -, thereby shaping a political sociology from the periphery.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582008000100008&lng=en&tlng=enspace and social theoryperipheral modernityBrazilian social thinkingEuclides da CunhaVicente Licínio Cardoso |
| spellingShingle | João Marcelo Ehlert Maia Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais space and social theory peripheral modernity Brazilian social thinking Euclides da Cunha Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title | Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title_full | Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title_fullStr | Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title_full_unstemmed | Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title_short | Space and Brazilian thought: The american Russia in the writings of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
| title_sort | space and brazilian thought the american russia in the writings of euclides da cunha and vicente licinio cardoso |
| topic | space and social theory peripheral modernity Brazilian social thinking Euclides da Cunha Vicente Licínio Cardoso |
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