The Vote of Women and Positivism. Uruguay and Brazil in their Parliamentary Debates
The Positivism was the most influential theory in Latin America at the end of the nineteenth century. Uruguay and Brazil embraced the positivist principles in the political arena as well as in education. The parliamentarians, trained in the Law Faculty (in both Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo), gave...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/18812 |
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| Sumario: | The Positivism was the most influential theory in Latin America at the end of the nineteenth century. Uruguay and Brazil embraced the positivist principles in the political arena as well as in education. The parliamentarians, trained in the Law Faculty (in both Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo), gave speeches that showed their preference for positivist authors. By focusing in the parliamentary speeches of Brazil and Uruguay, we are going to analyze, from a perspective of discourse analysis and concept history, the positivist authors more quoted in both countries: Herbert Spencer and Stuart Mill. This study is going to rework the meaning of some of the concepts used the politicians in their discussions about political and civil rights of 1891-1932 by pointing them out. |
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