A critic about the representative institutions during the Regency period (1832-1840)

Authors

  • Ariel Feldman Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i4p65-82

Keywords:

democracy, Regency, intellectual history, Pernambuco

Abstract

This article analyses what Miguel do Sacramento Lopes Gama wrotte in O Carapuceiro (1832-1840), one of the most important newspapers in Pernambuco during the Regency period. Mixing criticism of habits with political propositions, Lopes Gama, who used in a peculiar way the concepts formulated by the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, spread the idea that Brazilians were not able to be ruled by democratic institutions. These ideas were not only widely publicized, but also had a key role in sustaining the conservative political reforms that took place from 1837 on.

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Published

2006-11-01

Issue

No. 4 (2006)

Section

Articles

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