Enlightenment and Political Economy in Portugal at the final of the Ancient Regimen. Manuel Joaquim Rebelo at the intellectual context of the period.

• Grant number: 11/15785-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Vera Lucia Amaral Ferlini
• Grantee: Bruno Ricardo Souza Vilagra
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Political Economy, 1795, by Manuel Joaquim Rebelo, is a manual of political economy, as the tittle states, published only in 1821, though it's writing began before 1789. It stands out for its high or theoretical depth if compared with peers Portuguese authors, because, it develops themes such as: composition of the value of goods, the organization of civil society and the freedom to trade as the core of the development of the State. Author and book remained in the oblivion of the historians until the eighties of the twentieth century.This research aims to resume the theoretical analysis of the book and its author, his insertion in the context of Portuguese thinkers of the late eighteenth century, his similarities and differences, in particular, the distinction and theoretical development when comparing him to his Portuguese peers on economic thought.