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Author Chilcote, Ronald H., author.

Title Intellectuals and the search for national identity in twentieth-century Brazil / Ronald H. Chilcote.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Contents 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 -- Interviews with Brazilian intellectuals -- References -- Index.
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Subject Intellectuals -- Political activity -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Intellectuals -- Political activity.
Brazil.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Brazil -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Intellectual life.
Political culture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Nationalism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
National characteristics, Brazilian.
Political culture.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Nationalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
National characteristics, Brazilian.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781107071629 1107071623 (DLC) 2014009768
ISBN 9781107785298 (electronic book)
1107785294 (electronic book)
9781316073698 (electronic book)
1316073696 (electronic book)
9781107417618 (paperback)
1107417619
9781107071629 (hardback)
1107071623 (hardback)