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Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781316076064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.552
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Contents:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: The Intellectual in Theory and Practice -- 1 Intellectuals and Political Thought in Twentieth-Century Brazil -- Early Intellectuals -- 1930 to 1945: Seeking National Unity through the State -- 1945 to 1964: Envisaging a Democratic National Bourgeoisie and Confronting Imperialism and Dependency -- 1964 to the 1980s: From Modernizing Authoritarianism to the Democratic Opening -- From Oligarchy to Republicanism and Partisan Ideologies: Historical Syntheses and Overviews -- 2 Developmental Nationalism and the Rio Movement -- Profiles of ISEB Intellectuals -- The Late Generation of ISEB Activists -- The ISEB and the ESG -- Nationalism and the Rio Left Press -- Cadernos do Povo and Other Popular Pamphlets -- Later Rio Intellectuals -- Other Cultural Outlets -- 3 Nationalism and Marxism in the São Paulo Movement -- Caio Prado Júnior and a New Understanding -- Florestan Fernandes, Sociology, and Academic Transformation -- Antônio Cândido and the Search for National Identity in Literature -- The Capital Group: Confrontation with Mainstream Social Science -- The Second Capital Group -- Scholarly Endeavors under Military Rule: The CEBRAP and the CEDEC -- Progressive Paulista Journals in the Democratic Opening -- More Recent Intellectual Endeavors -- 4 Capitalism and the Bourgeois Revolution: Understanding Development and Underdevelopment -- The Bourgeois Revolution and the Advent of Capitalism in Brazil -- Development and Progressive Thought -- Theoretical Perspectives -- 5 The Pursuit of Democracy -- Intellectuals and the State -- Intellectuals and Labor -- Intellectuals and Social Movements -- Intellectuals and Revolutionary Struggle, Resistance, and Revolt -- Conclusion -- Interviews with Brazilian Intellectuals -- References.
Index.
Summary: This book discusses twentieth-century Brazilian political thought, arguing that while Rio de Janeiro intellectuals envisaged the state and the national bourgeoisie as the means to overcome dependency on foreign ideas and culture, São Paulo intellectuals looked to civil society and the establishment of new academic institutions in the search for national identity.
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: The Intellectual in Theory and Practice -- 1 Intellectuals and Political Thought in Twentieth-Century Brazil -- Early Intellectuals -- 1930 to 1945: Seeking National Unity through the State -- 1945 to 1964: Envisaging a Democratic National Bourgeoisie and Confronting Imperialism and Dependency -- 1964 to the 1980s: From Modernizing Authoritarianism to the Democratic Opening -- From Oligarchy to Republicanism and Partisan Ideologies: Historical Syntheses and Overviews -- 2 Developmental Nationalism and the Rio Movement -- Profiles of ISEB Intellectuals -- The Late Generation of ISEB Activists -- The ISEB and the ESG -- Nationalism and the Rio Left Press -- Cadernos do Povo and Other Popular Pamphlets -- Later Rio Intellectuals -- Other Cultural Outlets -- 3 Nationalism and Marxism in the São Paulo Movement -- Caio Prado Júnior and a New Understanding -- Florestan Fernandes, Sociology, and Academic Transformation -- Antônio Cândido and the Search for National Identity in Literature -- The Capital Group: Confrontation with Mainstream Social Science -- The Second Capital Group -- Scholarly Endeavors under Military Rule: The CEBRAP and the CEDEC -- Progressive Paulista Journals in the Democratic Opening -- More Recent Intellectual Endeavors -- 4 Capitalism and the Bourgeois Revolution: Understanding Development and Underdevelopment -- The Bourgeois Revolution and the Advent of Capitalism in Brazil -- Development and Progressive Thought -- Theoretical Perspectives -- 5 The Pursuit of Democracy -- Intellectuals and the State -- Intellectuals and Labor -- Intellectuals and Social Movements -- Intellectuals and Revolutionary Struggle, Resistance, and Revolt -- Conclusion -- Interviews with Brazilian Intellectuals -- References.

Index.

This book discusses twentieth-century Brazilian political thought, arguing that while Rio de Janeiro intellectuals envisaged the state and the national bourgeoisie as the means to overcome dependency on foreign ideas and culture, São Paulo intellectuals looked to civil society and the establishment of new academic institutions in the search for national identity.

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