Estado Novo, realism and political authoritarianism

Authors

  • Luciano Aronne de Abreu Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2008v7n12p49

Abstract

The article proposes to analyze the mutual interferences of intellectual and political fields during the Estado Novo regime in Brazil. On one hand, Oliveira Vianna argued for the adoption of an authoritarian government as a means to guarantee order and national unity. In the name of a supposed “political realism”, he strongly criticized liberal elites whom he accused of “utopian idealism”. On the other hand, ideas of this sort were used by the State to legitimate the regime’s political practices, as we intend to demonstrate for the case of Rio Grande do Sul, using actions taken by interventors and state administrators (Administrative Department of Public Service- DASP) as examples. Keywords: Estado Novo; authoritarianism; intellectuals; politics.

Author Biography

Luciano Aronne de Abreu, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui mestrado em História do Brasil pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1995) e doutorado em Estudos Históricos Latino Americanos pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2005). Atualmente é professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História do Brasil República, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: História do Rio Grande do Sul e Era Vargas. É autor dos livros Getúlio Vargas: a construção do mito (1997) e Um Olhar Regional sobre o Estado Novo (2007), dentre outros trabalhos publicados sobre esta temática.

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Published

2008-10-23

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 12 (2008)

Section

Special Issue 1 - Sociology and sociologists in Latin America: research, teaching, and interdisciplinarity in contemporary context

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