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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Autor principal: Osta Vázquez, María Laura
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2017
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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.