Magic Lantern: the Llghts in journalism José Liberato ( 1813 - 1821 )

• Autor(a) principal: Munaro, Luís Francisco
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Observatório
• DOI: 10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2015v1n1p103
• Texto Completo: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/1618
• topic: History of journalism; Enlightenment; Political utopia; José Liberato; O Investigador; history of journalism; enlightenment; Political utopia; José Liberato; O investigador; Historia dei periodismo; llustración; Utopia política; José Liberato; O investigador; Historia del periodismo; Ilustración; Utopia politica; José Liberato; O investigador; História do jornalismo; Iluminismo; José Liberato; Utopia política; O investigador; História do jornalismo; Iluminismo; Utopia política; José Liberato; O investigador

The Enlightenment implies that human education, escaping the control of ecclesiastical and political authorities, would make possible unrestricted access to rational thought. One of the communication tools of the Enlightenment pedagogy were the newspapers, considered a regular letter among men of letters gradually being designed to broader segments of the population. Among the most important representatives of the Enlightenment in Portugal is the journalist José Liberato, author of two newspapers published in London between 1813 and 1821. The author understood their role to introduce the Portuguese in the Age of Reason and is imbued-in a pedagogy that respected both religion and the monarchy. The purpose of this article is to investigate the literate ideals of Liberato, his pedagogical proposal and, most importantly, how his journalistic exercise built a dedicated utopia to think the Portuguese future.