Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique

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Autor(a) principal: de Faria Tavolaro, Sergio Barreira
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Sociedade e Estado
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/36375
Resumo: While revisiting some of the most acclaimed oeuvres of the so-called Brazilian social thought, the article examines the feeling of temporal mismatch that underlies a wide variety of portraits of social life in Brazil. I contend that notwithstanding the variegated analytical perspectives inherent to this intellectual constellation, most of these oeuvres are inclined to ascribe to Brazil a peculiar temporal configuration, only partially synchronized with the homogeneous and linear-progressive time envisaged in modernity. That said, I am also interested in investigating a set of critical propositions to the sociological imagination in order to assess an additional hypothesis, namely: these very same visions of Brazilian society seem to insinuate an alternative theoretical frame of reference, sensitive to the unbalances, asymmetries and contradictions that crisscross modernity’s temporality. In the end, I reflect upon the heuristic potential of such ideas and their contributions to contemporary sociology.
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spelling Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critiqueInterpretações do Brasil e a temporalidade moderna: do sentimento de descompasso à crítica epistemológicapensamento brasileiro; modernidade no Brasil; teoria sociológica; interpretações do Brasil; modernidadeWhile revisiting some of the most acclaimed oeuvres of the so-called Brazilian social thought, the article examines the feeling of temporal mismatch that underlies a wide variety of portraits of social life in Brazil. I contend that notwithstanding the variegated analytical perspectives inherent to this intellectual constellation, most of these oeuvres are inclined to ascribe to Brazil a peculiar temporal configuration, only partially synchronized with the homogeneous and linear-progressive time envisaged in modernity. That said, I am also interested in investigating a set of critical propositions to the sociological imagination in order to assess an additional hypothesis, namely: these very same visions of Brazilian society seem to insinuate an alternative theoretical frame of reference, sensitive to the unbalances, asymmetries and contradictions that crisscross modernity’s temporality. In the end, I reflect upon the heuristic potential of such ideas and their contributions to contemporary sociology.Ao revisitar algumas das mais prestigiadas obras de interpretação do Brasil, o artigo debruça-se sobre o sentimento de descompasso que permeia os retratos da vida social brasileira ali delineados. A conjectura que se quer examinar é que, admitida a pluralidade de perspectivas que colorem essa fatura, tais obras insinuam primar no país um ordenamento temporal intricado e sinuoso, apenas em parte sincronizado ao tempo homogêneo, progressivo e linear dos contextos modernos modelares. Importa-me, ademais, contemplar um conjunto de formulações críticas ao imaginário sociológico com o propósito de explorar uma segunda hipótese: tão logo apreciados em diálogo com essas proposições críticas, retratos da sociedade brasileira esboçados nessas obras parecem dispor de elementos sugestivos de um enquadramento teórico sensível às incongruências, assimetrias e tensões que atravessam a temporalidade moderna. Ao final do artigo, pretendo refletir sobre o alcance heurístico dessas ideias e suas eventuais contribuições para o debate sociológico contemporâneo.Departamento de Sociologia - UnB/SOL2021-11-24info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/3637510.1590/s0102-6992-202136030010Sociedade e Estado; Vol. 36 No. 03 (2021); 1059-1082Sociedade e Estado; Vol. 36 Núm. 03 (2021); 1059-1082Sociedade e Estado; v. 36 n. 03 (2021); 1059-10821980-54620102-6992reponame:Sociedade e Estadoinstname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBporhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/article/view/36375/31733Copyright (c) 2021 Sociedade e Estadohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde Faria Tavolaro, Sergio Barreira2021-12-06T22:43:52Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36375Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sociedade/oaiportaldeperiodicos@bce.unb.br||revistasol@unb.br1980-54620102-6992opendoar:2021-12-06T22:43:52Sociedade e Estado - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
Interpretações do Brasil e a temporalidade moderna: do sentimento de descompasso à crítica epistemológica
title Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
spellingShingle Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
de Faria Tavolaro, Sergio Barreira
pensamento brasileiro; modernidade no Brasil; teoria sociológica; interpretações do Brasil; modernidade
title_short Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
title_full Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
title_fullStr Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
title_full_unstemmed Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
title_sort Interpretations of Brazil and the temporality of modernity: towards an epistemological critique
author de Faria Tavolaro, Sergio Barreira
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv pensamento brasileiro; modernidade no Brasil; teoria sociológica; interpretações do Brasil; modernidade
topic pensamento brasileiro; modernidade no Brasil; teoria sociológica; interpretações do Brasil; modernidade
description While revisiting some of the most acclaimed oeuvres of the so-called Brazilian social thought, the article examines the feeling of temporal mismatch that underlies a wide variety of portraits of social life in Brazil. I contend that notwithstanding the variegated analytical perspectives inherent to this intellectual constellation, most of these oeuvres are inclined to ascribe to Brazil a peculiar temporal configuration, only partially synchronized with the homogeneous and linear-progressive time envisaged in modernity. That said, I am also interested in investigating a set of critical propositions to the sociological imagination in order to assess an additional hypothesis, namely: these very same visions of Brazilian society seem to insinuate an alternative theoretical frame of reference, sensitive to the unbalances, asymmetries and contradictions that crisscross modernity’s temporality. In the end, I reflect upon the heuristic potential of such ideas and their contributions to contemporary sociology.
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