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States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture

States of Grace: Utopia in Brazilian Culture

Vieira, Patrícia I.

Paperback

Series: Suny Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Literary CriticismSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1438469241
ISBN13: 9781438469249
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2019
Pages: 234
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

Provides in-depth analyses of key moments in Brazilian utopianism, including theologico-political, matriarchal, environmental, and work-free utopias.

States of Grace offers a novel approach to the study of Brazilian culture through the lens of utopianism. Patrícia I. Vieira explores religious and political writings, journalistic texts, sociological studies, and literary works that portray Brazil as a utopian land of the future, where dreams of a coming messianic age and of social and political emancipation would come true. The book discusses crucial utopian moments such as the theological-political utopia proposed by Jesuit Priest Antônio Vieira; matriarchal utopias, like the egalitarian society of the Amazons; work-free utopias that abolished the boundaries separating toil and play; and ecological utopias, where humans and nonhumans coexist harmoniously. The uniqueness of the book's approach lies in rethinking the link between messianic and utopian texts, as well as the alliances forged between progressive religious, socioeconomic, political, and ecological ideas.

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