Por que pensamento e não teoria? a imaginação político-social brasileira e o fantasma da condição periférica (1880-1970)
By: LYNCH, Christian Edward Cyril
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ArticlePublisher: Rio de Janeiro : IESP / UERJ, Out./Dez. 2013Online resources: Acesso Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 56, 4, p. 727-767Abstract: Why do we refer to Brazilian political reflection as Thought rather than theory? The hypothesis I intend to explore here is that in Brazil, the main reason for the term thought to refer to the countrys intellectual products lies in the fact that the elites have always considered such products more or less inferior to those developed in Europe and the United States, due to their own more general perception of Brazils peripheral status. To frame this question, I will discuss the terminological issue of theory and thought in the field of political science. Next, I will examine how some leading Brazilian scholars assess the countrys place in the world and the quality of its intellectual products, especially those of a social and political nature. This analysis will be divided into two periods, the first pertaining to the predominance of the cosmopolitan cultural paradigm from the late 19th century to the 1920s, and the second with the nationalist cultural paradigm, lasting nearly until the late 20th century.
Why do we refer to Brazilian political reflection as Thought rather than theory? The hypothesis I intend to explore here is that in Brazil, the main reason for the term thought to refer to the countrys intellectual products lies in the fact that the elites have always considered such products more or less inferior to those developed in Europe and the United States, due to their own more general perception of Brazils peripheral status. To frame this question, I will discuss the terminological issue of theory and thought in the field of political science. Next, I will examine how some leading Brazilian scholars assess the countrys place in the world and the quality of its intellectual products, especially those of a social and political nature. This analysis will be divided into two periods, the first pertaining to the predominance of the cosmopolitan cultural paradigm from the late 19th century to the 1920s, and the second with the nationalist cultural paradigm, lasting nearly until the late 20th century.
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