Readings of Weber and Brazil: from politics to religion, from backwardness to modernity
Abstract
In the realm of Brazilian sociology two readings of Weber’s works have been historically prevalent, and each one had different repercussions on the diagnosis of the consolidation of modernity in Brazil. The first one, relying on Weber’s political sociology and his sociology of domination, has as its central authors Sergio Buarque de Holanda and Raymundo Faoro. The second one, more recent one, stresses Weber’s historical-comparative sociology of religions and is represented, among others, by authors such as Jessé Souza and Antonio Flávio Pierucci. The article describes these different readings of Weber and shows how different interpretations of the Brazilian reality are derived from them.
Key words: Weber, modernity, religion, politics, Brazil.Downloads
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