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| Author(s): |
Simone Tiago Domingos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2009-06-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Izabel Andrade Marson;
Iara Lís Franco Schiavinatto;
Lucia Maria Paschoal Guimarães
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| Advisor: | Izabel Andrade Marson |
| Abstract | |
The main aim of this paper is to identify and analysis the images and concepts about the Jesuits described on the pages of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute (IHGB) Magazine, between the years of 1839-1886. Beginning by the examine of articles and documents published by the RIHGB and the exploitation of extracts from the records of the sections, we intend to map the debate established concerning this theme among the members of the IHGB, reasons that could explain those different views about the issue, noticing the concepts of history and nation that emerge in this debate. Besides the articles and documents published in this periodical, we have analyzed two important volumes from the international literature that has as theme the loyolans, but specially Des Jésuites, by Jules Michelet and Jesuítes!, by Paul Féval, and also the play O Jesuíta, by José de Alencar, mentioned by foreign and Brazilian authors, and expressive of the arguing for or against those characters that had place in Brazil and Europe during the 19th century. The path forged by the controversy about the Society of Jesus in the studied period demonstrated to be winding and multifaceted, because it revealed points of view that varies from defenses of the religious - mainly supporting their action as exemplars catechizers - to the critic lines anchored in a Jesuitical mythology that outlined the loyolans as "conspirators" and threatening components to the State, image that made impossible the integration of the Order of St. Ignatius into the nation. The paper makes evident how much the discussion and the journey leaded to important political issues experienced by the Empire, taking as an example the political unification, the wars at the Prata and the "Religious Matter (AU) | |