Suchergebnisse

The idea of Europe that can be envisaged in Father António Vieira's work is fundamentally marked by his relation with his country of origin and in terms of his religious, social and political concerns, diagnoses and values, which form the base of his understanding of the past and the present, as well as his projection of the utopian horizons of the future. Being in Rome, far way and longing for Portugal, António Vieira (1608-1697) describes his country in relation to Europe in the "Sermon of Saint Anthony", preached in that city on the day of the saint's feast, on June 13, 1670: "It is it is true that Portugal was a small corner, or a small portion of Europe; but in that little corner of pure land, blessed by God: Fide purum, et pietate dilectum, Heaven endowed Faith in that little corner, which would derive from there to all these vast lands" (Vieira 2013, II, X, 240). Vieira not always refers to Portugal this favorably in his works, nor to Europe, which he sometimes uses as a critical mirror of comparison and evaluation of his country. In fact, Europe is present in his work as a theme in line with his vision of Portugal and the world, being treated less by knowledge derived from study and more by known experience accumulated through the visits he had to make to some countries on the European continent. Vieira's several trips to different countries and continents, made him, in fact, one of the most important travelers of the Portuguese seventeenth century, opening up horizons and functioning as a learning factor and source of inspiration and confrontation for generating progressive solutions.

Embora já tenham se passado 400 anos de seu o nascimento, estudiosos reunidos em inúmeros fóruns ainda discutem a relevância da palavra de Vieira, em busca de respostas que iluminem o significado da vida e da obra do jesuíta enquanto inspiração para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas. Este artigo analisa como a obra de Antonio Viera foi apropriada nos estudos acadêmicos desenvolvidos no Brasil, por meio do reconhecimento da produção científica consolidada em teses e dissertações defendidas nos programas de pós-graduação do país, no que diz respeito às temáticas abordadas em seus mais variados aspectos. A metodologia adotada constou da leitura dos resumos e textos integrais dos estudos e categorização de autores e temas abordados, os quais foram analisados à luz das abordagens dos estudos bibliométricos e da pesquisa histórica analítico-descritiva.

Qualquer regime razoavelmente democrático depende de um sistema de partidos razoavelmente livre e consolidado

"Lernen Sie kennen: P. Antonio Vieira SJ (1608–1697), ein Kämpfer für die Gerechtigkeit in zwei Welten. Lassen Sie sich entführen: in jene ebenso fremden wie nahen Lebenswelten, die dieser Jesuit zwischen Europa und der neuen Welt durchlebt, bedacht und vor allem durch sein öffentliches Wort mitgestaltet hat: den Kolonialismus und das Erwachen brasilianischer Identität, den Konflikt des Jesuitenordens zwischen ­Mission und wirtschaftlichen Interessen und Zwängen, die diplomatischen Reisen­ dieses ­außerordentlichen Jesuiten in Europa, sein Prozess in Rom und die Begegnung mit Königin Christina von Schweden. An der neu edierten Predigt über die Werke der Barmherzigkeit können wir noch heute seine tiefsten Beweggründe selbst nachvollziehen. Wie ein roter Faden klingt in diesem Leben an, was mit dem Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil zum Programm der Gesellschaft Jesu wurde: Den Einsatz für Glaube und Gerechtigkeit leben und bedenken." (Verlagsinformation)

The world is currently witnessing the third wave of globalisation, certainly the most widely debated and fiercely contested. The first wave, known as the 'Age of Exploration', began with the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, in 1498, followed by the exploration of the American continent in the two subsequent centuries. The second wave took place in the nineteenth century, with the multiplication of international relations, much reinforced by unprecedented improvements in means of communication and transportation. By then, dozens of sophisticated stock and bond exchanges existed in many countries and financial integration attained levels comparable to those observed today. European investors were advised to internationally diversify financial applications, and English, French, Dutch and German capital flew in torrents to finance infrastructures in Russia, Asia, Africa and America. Most of these links were broken with the First World War, and subsequent episodes such as the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression contributed to maintain some degree of suspicion over international economic relations. The third wave of globalisation did not start until much later in the twentieth century, fostered by the coordinated action of politicians and economists. Naturally, the globalisation phenomenon has been addressed from a variety of distinct perspectives. It was initially a matter for philosophers, concerned with the consequences of the annihilation of space, resulting from the development of the means of transportation, especially with the expansion of railways. Later, social scientists broadened the analysis and provided more comprehensive assessments of the causes and effects of increased cross border relations. More recently, the economic perspective has gained prominence, to the point of being currently common to confound the concept of globalisation with that of economic globalisation. In economic terms, globalisation comprises the international flow of goods, services, capital and labour and has been greatly enhanced by both technological progress and a political will to overcome the barriers imposed by national boundaries. With uneven positive and negative effects across countries and societies, the globalisation of economic activities is a fertile source of new problems and challenges for decision makers, academics and practitioners. In this book, some of the new challenges posed by globalisation to different research areas of the economic science are addressed. Attention is mainly focused on the implications of free trade and financial integration, but political consequences are also examined. The contributions of different authors have been selected from those presented and discussed at the 10th INFER International Conference, held in Évora, Portugal, coincidently close to the birth place of Vasco da Gama, the intrepid promoter of the first globalisation wave.

Este artigo analisa as mudanças no eixo interpretativo sobre a presença da Companhia de Jesus na Amazônia brasileira, entre os séculos XVII e XVIII, pela historiografi a do século XIX, especialmente aquela produzida por autores locais, mas que tiveram repercussão nos debates mais amplos realizados nos principais circuitos intelectuais do país.