EDUCATION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN JOSÉ PEDRO VARELA: VARELIAN REFORM AS A INSTRUMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND PROGRESS IN URUGUAY (1864-1879)

• Grant number: 14/06151-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of America
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Sorrilha Pinheiro
• Grantee: Elvis de Almeida Diana
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This paper aims to develope an arguing about the ideology of José Pedro Varela (1845-1879) and his proposition of an educational reform in the XIX century warlord Uruguay, from an Intelectual History point of view. What is offered is, by means of Quentin Skinner and John G. A. Poccock's concept of intentionality, to relate Varela's political ideas with the majors debates and publications made by himself during the period of time he has worked on the issue of publical instruction in Uruguay. This idea starts from the assumption that, by means of the educational propositions stablished by him, there is a wider political intention that claimed for the implementation of the democracy and individual liberties that are related to the popular participation rights and political conscientiousness of this latin-american country population. Beyond that, it goes from the presupposition that, by means of Varela's proposals, there is an idea of how Uruguay should be in terms of political modernization and social stability. In order that "such project of Uruguay" may be unrevealed from his writings some of the author's journal writings will be used, in the same way that his masterpieces Legislação escolar and A Educação do Povo. Similarly, some of his contemporary writings will be used, such as Carlos Maria Ramirez and Francisco Antonio Berro, in order to reach a bigger comprehension of the disputes about the educational matter and, consequently, about the Uruguayan nation project inserted in it.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

DIANA, Elvis de Almeida. Education and political citizenship in José Pedro Varela: the varelian reform as instrument of democracy and progress in Uruguay (1865-1881). 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais. Franca Franca.