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

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1. Verfasser:	Chilcote, Ronald H. 1935- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Intellectuals / Political activity / Brazil / History / 20th century Brazil / Intellectual life / 20th century Political culture / Brazil / History / 20th century Nationalism / Brazil / History / 20th century National characteristics, Brazilian HISTORY / Latin America / General Geschichte Nationalismus Brasilien Lateinamerika
Zusammenfassung:	"Intellectuals and the Search for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil. 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, Sao Paulo intellectuals looked to civil society and the establishment of new academic institutions in the search for national identity. Ronald H. Chilcote begins his study by outlining Brazilian intellectuals' attempt to transcend a sense of inferiority emanating from Brazilian colonialism and backwardness. Next, he traces the struggle for national identity in Rio de Janeiro through an account of how intellectuals of varying political persuasions united in search of a political ideology of national development. He then presents an analysis by Sao Paulo intellectuals on racial discrimination, social inequality, and class differentiation under early capitalism and industrialization. Lastly, the book concludes with a discussion on how Brazilian intellectuals challenged foreign thinking about development through the state and representative democratic institutions, in contrast to popular and participatory democratic practices. Ronald H. Chilcote is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He is a founder and managing editor of the bimonthly journal Latin American Perspectives and is the author or editor of more than two dozen major books"--
Beschreibung:	Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the intellectual in theory and practice; 1. Intellectuals and political thought in twentieth-century Brazil; 2. Developmental nationalism and the Rio movement; 3. Nationalism and Marxism in the Sao Paulo movement; 4. Capitalism and the bourgeois revolution: understanding development and underdevelopment; 5. The pursuit of democracy; Conclusion
Beschreibung:	XVI, 288 S.
ISBN:	9781107071629 1107071623