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Racism, body and freedom: a philosophy of hitlerism in Brazil today

The article investigates the link between body and freedom as a guiding issue for conceptualizing racism. Based on the reflections developed by Emanuel Levinas, it shows how nazi antisemitism reuses the model of race conceived in the early modern history. It discusses the connections between the modern racist discourse and the myth of racial democracy in Brazil. Finally, it...

A political economy of Drummond’s poetry

The paper seeks toshed light on José Miguel Wisnik’s contribution in his recent book. He integrates the history of development and mining in Brazil, which had as one of its hallmarks the creation of Rio Doce Valley Corporation (CVRD in Portuguese), and Drummond’s poetic invention, deeply affected by the fate of Itabira, his hometown. Time and space are totally shattered by the...

The issue of cultural, counter-cultural, and political resistance during the Brazilian military regime – New Architecture Group

In the 1960s, the issue of cultural and political resistance during the Brazilian military regime motivated intense debates and cultural manifestations in various areas of knowledge. In order to

Political Parties, Elections and Election Systems by Etem Aziri

differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs

When carnival started: political activism in the historic obverse of Homo ludens

occurs in alienation, does not match the historical events we discuss. It is suggested an alternative interpretation for the relation between the "playful" and the "political", and thus we obliquely ... ://nuso.org/media/articles/downloads/COY1_Bringel_Pleyers.pdf>. Acesso em: 12 dez. 2015. 8Cf. WOOD, Ellen. Liberty and property: a social history of western political thought from the Renaissance to

When carnival started: political activism in the historic obverse of Homo ludens

is suggested an alternative interpretation for the relation between the "playful" and the "political", and thus we obliquely rehabilitate Hegel's notion of alienation from Flusser's phenomenological ... ://nuso.org/media/articles/downloads/COY1_Bringel_Pleyers.pdf>. Acesso em: 12 dez. 2015. 8Cf. WOOD, Ellen. Liberty and property: a social history of western political thought from the Renaissance to

When carnival started: political activism in the historic obverse of Homo ludens

is suggested an alternative interpretation for the relation between the "playful" and the "political", and thus we obliquely rehabilitate Hegel's notion of alienation from Flusser's phenomenological ... ://nuso.org/media/articles/downloads/COY1_Bringel_Pleyers.pdf>. Acesso em: 12 dez. 2015. 8Cf. WOOD, Ellen. Liberty and property: a social history of western political thought from the Renaissance to

Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography by Daniel Tanguay

The book ends with concluding remarks of the writer about the whole Leo Strauss’s thought. Although Leo Strauss’s philosophy is very complex especially in terms of so many different titles and ... twentieth century political philosophy but also enable to us with critical outlook about modern political philosophy and its problems. Apart from Introduction, the book consists of four main titles about Leo

Ambivalences of the defeat: lessons and limits of Roberto Schwarz’s critique of populism

meaning of political defeat, we argue that Schwarz develops two distinct and intertwined ways of treating the matter: one familiar with the Marxist critique of populism, and the other going beyond those ... notion of democratization. Analyzing those two ways and its dissonances, we reach an ambivalent understanding of political defeat – ambivalence that operates analytically as an index of a closer reading of

History and the dispute of meanings: about the Brazilian authoritarianism

“About Brazilian authoritarianism” proposes to present in an accessible and didactic way the historical roots of Brazilian authoritarianism. This book is linked to a political context of crisis and ... face of the dangers of revisionism, falsification and naturalization of political violence. KEYWORDS Authoritarianism; Brazilian history; Brazilian social thought Para um historiador soaria

Tradição e revolução: Mário de Andrade e o patrimônio histórico e artístico nacional

revolutionary perspective. In this context, the value of tradition does not stand on its own, but insofar as it admits a contemporary and transformative use, both at aesthetic and political spheres.Keywords

Tradition and revolution: Mário de Andrade and the Brazilian cultural heritage

revolutionary perspective. In this context, the value of tradition does not stand on its own, but insofar as it admits a contemporary and transformative use, both at aesthetic and political spheres.Keywords

Michel Foucault, the formation paradigm and June 2013: an interpretation on national (de)formation

The book Enigma do disforme: neoliberalismo e biopoder no Brasil global by Giuseppe Cocco and Bruno Cava takes Michel Foucault’s critique of neoliberalism to offer an interpretation of the political ... political impasses of the Brazilian and Latin American left. In order to do so, it unfolds this critique in two planes: one, so to speak, properly historical, in which one seeks to reinterpret the meanings of

Michel Foucault, the formation paradigm and June 2013: an interpretation on national (de)formation

The book Enigma do disforme: neoliberalismo e biopoder no Brasil global by Giuseppe Cocco and Bruno Cava takes Michel Foucault’s critique of neoliberalism to offer an interpretation of the political ... political impasses of the Brazilian and Latin American left. In order to do so, it unfolds this critique in two planes: one, so to speak, properly historical, in which one seeks to reinterpret the meanings of

Coups of Memory: Political Usages of Olavo Bilac in the Course of the 20th Century

; Ditadura; Serviço Militar; Usos do Passado ABSTRACT This paper aims to provide an overview of political operations that framed the social memory of famous Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac over the 20th ... range of ideological positions ascribed to them at critical moments of Brazilian political history in the 20th century. Finally, some of the convergences and discrepancies between major components of

Coups of Memory: Political Usages of Olavo Bilac in the Course of the 20th Century

This paper aims to provide an overview of political operations that framed the social memory of famous Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac over the 20th century. It will start by showing an image that Bilac ... range of ideological positions ascribed to them at critical moments of Brazilian political history in the 20th century. Finally, some of the convergences and discrepancies between major components of

Coups of Memory: Political Usages of Olavo Bilac in the Course of the 20th Century

This paper aims to provide an overview of political operations that framed the social memory of famous Brazilian poet Olavo Bilac over the 20th century. It will start by showing an image that Bilac ... range of ideological positions ascribed to them at critical moments of Brazilian political history in the 20th century. Finally, some of the convergences and discrepancies between major components of

Researching the female Brazilian composers in the 21st century

History of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the State University of Campinas (IFCH/Unicamp).Keywords : Female composition; popular music; Brazilian composers.

Brazilian feminist studies: (re)knowing and continuing

related to issues of race, gender, class and nationality. Therefore, this review presents the Brazilian feminist thought from its social, historical, political and cultural development based on the

Women and cultural heritage: the challenge of preserving what is invisible

Historical Archives of the National University of Córdoba and the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, both in the elaboration of descriptive instruments and in the organization of personal