O Diabo e o dilema brasileiro: uma perspectiva anticesurista, II

Authors

  • João de Pina Cabral Universidade de Lisboa; Instituto de Ciências Sociais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012007000200001

Keywords:

Devil, modernity, Utopia, monotheism, idolatry

Abstract

Taking recourse both to ethnographic material and to literary criticism, this essay is a discourse about the Devil in his or her Brazilian appearance. The immanence of this figure in the various"compromises" and"dilemmas" that characterize Brazilian self-images suggests that its domestication can only be achieved if the original utopian foundations of the land, with their emphasis on"discovery" and"captivity", are cast aside in favor of an"anti-caesurist" approach to Brazilian society that sees it as an historical emergence in its own right.

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Published

2007-12-01

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 2 (2007)

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How to Cite

Cabral, J. de P. (2007). O Diabo e o dilema brasileiro: uma perspectiva anticesurista, II . Revista De Antropologia, 50(2), 477-525. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012007000200001