Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

2013

Publication Source

Hispanic Review

Volume

81

Issue

3

Start Page

380

Last Page

383

DOI

10.1353/hir.2013.0023

Abstract

Selections of the work authored by the renowned Brazilian philosopher Marilena Chauí are the material found in this volume. The book is part of a Palgrave Macmillan series that proposes to divulge the work of scholars from different parts of the word, assembled by interest, relevance, and the degree to which they are representative of the overall academic production of the scholars in question. Marilena Chauí is one of Brazil's most highly regarded Brazilian thinkers of modern times and the selection presented in this volume is both historically relevant and representative of the author's work. Under the theme "Between Conformity and Resistance: Essays on Politics, Culture and the State," the organizers combined a number of Chauí's texts, not organized chronologically, but by how they relate to the overarching theme. The volume is also timely—given Brazil's prominence in the continent—and a good title not only for those interested in critical theory and political philosophy, but also for Brazilianists, or those more generally interested in Brazil's development over the past decades.

Copyright/Permission Statement

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of scholarly citation, none of this work may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. For information address the University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112.

Comments

This is a review of Between Conformity and Resistance: Essays on Politics, Culture, and the State by Marilena Chauí.

Keywords

Marilena Chauí, Spinoza, power, resistance, Brazil, culture, political philosophy, neoliberalism, authoritarism, foundational myth, Mercia Santana Flannery

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Date Posted: 26 April 2016

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