The Sociological Invention of Brazil: Essays and the Social Sciences

This article aims to problematize the vision of Brazilian essayism from the 1920s to 40s crystallized by the social sciences and the uniformizing tendency of the different interpretations of Brazil developed through this form of sociological imagination. This analytical procedure is understood as a...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American sociologist 2020-09, Vol.51 (3), p.291-305
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims to problematize the vision of Brazilian essayism from the 1920s to 40s crystallized by the social sciences and the uniformizing tendency of the different interpretations of Brazil developed through this form of sociological imagination. This analytical procedure is understood as a prerequisite for rethinking the status of the essay and its interrogatory capacity contemporaneous with the Brazilian social sciences and society.
ISSN:0003-1232
1936-4784
DOI:10.1007/s12108-019-09429-w