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| Author(s): |
Henrique Antonio Re
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2009-11-11 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernando Antonio Lourenço;
Antonio Penalves Rocha;
Alexandro Dantas Trindade;
Elide Rugai Bastos;
Carlos Alberto Dória
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| Advisor: | Fernando Antonio Lourenço |
| Abstract | |
This work is a study of Joaquim Nabuco's actions and thinking. The aim was to show the way his proposals were related to the nineteenth century anti-slavery political economy and how they were also supported by the ideological discourse of ideas of progress and utopia, which were mobilized to oppose to the "backward" slavery society. This study also sought to highlight the influences that racial theories had on Nabuco, in particular, how the notion of hierarchy between the races helped to plan his strategy of campaigning against slavery and for the organization of a society based on free labor. This approach enabled the clarification of historiographic difficulties, because it showed that the writings and points of view presented by Nabuco after abolition were in perfect harmony with the plan he had drawn during the abolitionist campaign in the 1880s. Moreover, it allowed to reconsider the historiographic view according to which Nabuco was a radical or even revolutionary politician and thinker, because it showed that his anti-slavery proposals had a predominantly conservative character. (AU) | |