Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro / O nome do escritor fluminense Alberto Figueiredo Pimentel (1869 1914) é uma ausência notável na história da literatura brasileira e, principalmente, na história do naturalismo no Brasil. Observando que o tema naturalismo no Brasil ainda é mal compreendido pela historiografia, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo escrever a história do escritor Figueiredo Pimentel como autor de romances naturalistas, tendo como foco de interesse o estudo dos romances O aborto, publicado pela Livraria do Povo em 1893, e Um canalha, publicado pela Laemmert &Comp. em 1895, ambos no Rio de Janeiro. Para cumprir o objetivo do trabalho, a pesquisa levantou novas informações sobre Figueiredo Pimentel e sua relação com a estética naturalista, especialmente na década de 1890, no acervo da Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira da Biblioteca Nacional. Por meio das consultas às fontes primárias foi possível conhecer a trajetória de um escritor naturalista brasileiro esquecido e as primeiras recepções de O aborto e Um canalha pelos homens de letras escritores, críticos, livreiros e editores e pelo leitor comum / Alberto Figueiredo Pimentel (1869 - 1914) is a notable absence in Brazilian literature and history, especially in the history of naturalism in Brazil. Noting that the theme of naturalism in Brazil is still mis understood by historiography, this research aims to write the history of Figueiredo Pimentel as writer and author of naturalistic novels, focusing on the study of his novels O aborto, published by the Livraria do Povo in 1893, and Um canalha, published by Laemmert & Comp. in 1895, both in Rio de Janeiro. To fulfill the objective of the work, the research has raised new data about Figueiredo Pimentel and his relationship with the naturalistic esthetic, especially in the 1890s, in the collection of the Brazilian Digital Newspaper Library. Through consultations of primary sources it was possible to know the history of a forgotten Brazilian naturalist writer and the first receptions of O aborto and Um canalha by writers, critics, booksellers, publishers and the general reader.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Esta dissertação em História Política da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), inserida na linha de pesquisa Política e Cultura é um estudo sobre a historiografia brasileira tendo como elemento central a contribuição teórica do militar do Exército Brasileiro e historiador Nelson Werneck Sodré, no tocante a modernidade (ou melhor, o desenvolvimento) no Brasil. A sua obra notabiliza-se pela necessidade de modificar as estruturas políticas, sociais e econômicas do país, construídas ao longo de sua formação histórica, marcado pelo alinhamento das classes dominantes com o centro hegemônico, a sua intensa relação com o mercado externo e o seu mutualismo com o capital internacional. Escreveu extensa obra teoricamente fundamentada no marxismo-leninista, no afã de superar as forças tradicionais, que em sua visão impediam o avanço do país na constituição de uma nação, dificultando uma política de industrialização independente, em contraposição a setores progressistas da sociedade brasileira. Através da concepção dialética, do choque entre os opostos, no caso, o novo e o velho, no qual o primeiro era a Revolução Brasileira e a sua antítese, o segundo, as forças da tradição: o latifúndio e o imperialismo. Em nossa pesquisa também focamos a crise da Revolução Brasileira, com a instauração da ditadura, após o golpe de 1964, que culminou com a derrota de um projeto de nação de toda uma geração. Por fim observamos o intenso debate político-historiográfico que a obra de Werneck Sodré foi submetida, além do seu posicionamento. / This dissertation in Political History of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), inserted in the line of research Politics and Culture is a study on the Brazilian history taking as a central theoretical contribution to the Brazilian Army and military historian Nelson Werneck Sodré, regarding modernity (or rather, development) in Brazil. His work is noted for the need to change the political, social and economic conditions of the country, built along its historical formation, marked by the alignment of the ruling classes with the hegemonic center, his intense relationship with foreign markets and their mutualistic with international capital. Wrote extensive works theoretically grounded in Marxism-Leninism, the desire to overcome the traditional forces, which in their view impeded the advancement of the country in the constitution of a nation, making a policy of industrialization independent, as opposed to progressive sectors of Brazilian society. Through the dialectic, the clash between opposites, in this case, the "new" and "old", in which the first was the "Brazilian Revolution" and its antithesis, the second, the forces of tradition: landlordism and imperialism. In our research we also focus the Brazilian crisis of the Revolution, with the establishment of the dictatorship after the 1964 coup, which culminated in the defeat of a national project of an entire generation. Finally observe the intense political debate that the historiographical work of Werneck Sodré was submitted, in addition to its positioning.

Este trabalho faz uma análise comparativa de algumas das principais obras de história literária do Brasil, publicadas no século XIX e início do século XX, escritas, respectivamente, por Ferdinand Wolf, Sílvio Romero e José Veríssimo. São analisadas as concepções de nacionalismo, de história e de literatura que veiculam, relacionando-as com as ideias que circulavam à época em que foram escritos Le Brésil Littéraire, de Ferdinand Wolf, a História da Literatura Brasileira, de Sílvio Romero, e a obra homônima de José Veríssimo. Sendo assim, além de analisar as obras comparativamente, o presente trabalho recupera o significado histórico que comportam, uma vez que as insere no quadro de referências vigentes no momento em que apareceram. Partindo do pressuposto de que a característica principal desses textos é a ideia de nacionalismo, estudam-se os significados atribuídos a este termo desde meados do século XIX até inícios do século XX, momento em que foram escritas aquelas histórias literárias. Ademais, relacionam-se as narrativas às variadas formas de se pensar a história, enquanto disciplina, nesse período, procurando identificá-las pelo modo como constroem a explicação histórica. Por fim, as ideias que apresentam a respeito da literatura são articuladas não só às concepções de nacionalismo e de história que aqueles textos veiculam, como também à reflexão que então se fazia / This study makes a comparative analysis of some of the major works of literary history of Brazil, published in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, written by Ferdinand Wolf, Silvio Romero and Jose Verissimo. It analyzes the concepts of nationalism, history and literature, relating them to ideas that circulated at the time they were written Le Brésil Littéraire, by Ferdinand Wolf, the History of Brazilian Literature, by Romero, and work namesake, by José Verissimo. Thus, besides analyzing the works together, it recovers the historical significance of these works, since the inserts in the frame of reference current at the time of appearance of the books that comprise the corpus. Assuming that the main characteristic of these texts is the idea of nationalism, it studies the meaning ascribed to this term since the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century, when these books were writte. Moreover, the narratives are related to different ways of thinking history, as a discipline, in that period, trying to identify them by how they build the historical explanation. Finally, the ideas we have about the literature are not only articulated the concepts of nationalism and history of those texts convey, but also the thought that it was undertaken

A more descriptive title for the dissertation might be "Early historiography in Purang-Guge and its relationship between orality, kingship, and Tibetan identity: a close study of a recently uncovered 12th century historical manuscript from Tholing monastery in West Tibet." The present study is therefore a close textual analysis of all the outer and inner features of the Tholing Manuscript. When reading the text, there is the gradual realization that the archaic peculiarities in script, binding, spelling, vocabulary, prose, and narrative twists, all highlight the work as a wholly rare and different version from those early histories typically found in Central Tibet. The key difference lies primarily in the focal point of the narrative. Whereas most similar narratives from the time of the phyi dar (11th-13th centuries) onwards place at the core of their structure the history of Buddhism in Tibet, the Tholing text puts as its central focus kingship and the history of kings in Tibet. For this reason, while Buddhism plays an essential and integral part of the story as a whole, the text can be viewed as a more secular work then any comparable monastic history of the period. The narrative structure of the manuscript, with its heavy use of rhythmical prose, similes, archaic topoi and motifs, is hauntingly familiar to those parallel passages found among Old Tibetan Documents and is emblematic of the liminal period in which the text was written. At this time, histories were transitioning from disperse and possibly oral transmissions to predominantly formal organized written traditions. The poetic nature of the text, together with its unusual physical features, raises questions relating to its purpose and function, with the possibility of its use as a ritual manuscript for royal legitimization. Through a close study of the text, I offer some insights on the formative nature of early Tibetan historiography in establishing the sacred and political power of the kings of West Tibet.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-08-13Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:43:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_jrm_dr_assis.pdf: 1682179 bytes, checksum: 1b484b0feb6d801bd0748ad320fe4490 (MD5) / A história ambiental no Brasil é nova e diversifica. Carece, ainda, de pesquisas pormenorizadas, que dêem atenção ao específico, que particularizem as contribuições de cada autor para o estabelecimento do campo. Enfrentou-se, neste trabalho, o desafio de lançar luz sobre a trajetória e a obra de história ambiental de Warren Dean (1932-1994), a partir de um exame crítico de material bibliográfico diverso e fontes orais. Ao incorporar as variáveis ambientais em seus estudos, buscando compreender as relações históricas entre a sociedade brasileira e o meio ambiente, esse brasilianista norte-americano produziu trabalhos inovadores sobre a produção de borracha na Amazônia e o desflorestamento da Mata Atlântica, muito mencionados, porém pouco estudados. Ofereceu uma interpretação do passado, refletindo sobre os problemas colocados pelo presente, com base nos temas do “desenvolvimento econômico” e da “degradação ambiental”. No plano analítico, empregou a “fórmula” from the origins to the present, denotando certo sentido “pragmático” e “presentista”. O rigor objetivista dá lugar a uma intencionalidade, a uma vontade de transformação da realidade. A história ambiental assume um caráter utilitário, de servir para atenuar o impacto na sociedade no futuro. Em termos de escala, o internacionalismo propiciado pela questão ecológica forçou um deslocando no eixo focal de Warren Dean, do domínio do regional/nacional para o internacional/global. Implícita, neste deslocamento, está a defesa de uma ética ecológicoglobal, apontando-se na direção de uma cooperação internacional, no contexto de Guerra-Fria e de tendências nacionalistas. Já no âmbito metodológico, a sua história ambiental caracterizou-se, fundamentalmente, pelo amplo diálogo com as ciências naturais, agrárias e com a geografia, e pelo trabalho de campo, baseado... / Environmental history is new in Brazil and diversifies. In this field, it is still missing detailed research that brings particular attention to the specific, to the contributions of each author to the establishment of the field. In this work, we emphasized Warren Dean’s life journey (1932- 1994) and mainly his work on environmental history, performing a critical examination of bibliographic material and diverse oral sources. By incorporating environmental variables in his studies, seeking to understand the historical relations between Brazilian society and the environment, this American Brazilianist produced innovative work on rubber production in the Amazon and on deforestation of the Atlantic Forest, both subjects much mentioned but little studied. Offered an interpretation of the past, reflecting problems brought by it, based on themes as economic development and environmental degradation. At the analytical level, he used the formula from the origins to the present, showing a pragmatic and present sense. The objective rigor opens to an intention, a desire of changing reality. Environmental history assumes a utility trace, serving to mitigate the impact on society in the future. In terms of scale, international character provided by ecological issues forced a modification on the focal analysis of Warren Dean, from the regional / national to the international / global field. The defense of a global ecological ethic is implicit in this alteration, indicating to an international cooperation in the context of the Cold War and to nationalist tendencies. In the methodological framework, Warren Dean’s environmental history was characterized primarily by the broad dialogue with the natural sciences, agricultural and geography, and by the field work, based on observations and interviews. The author left an innovative work, lesson of research and engagement... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

In this study, I examine the New Institutionalist Economic History (NIEH) of Douglass C. North from a historiographical and philosophical perspective. As a point of departure for this purpose I take North’s critical engagement with the primitivism-modernism debate in premodern economic history, as represented in his early work by the ‘challenge of Karl Polanyi’. This challenge, I argue, has given shape to the development of the NIEH in its various stages of theoretical elaboration. Therefore, understanding its contextual significance is indispensable for making sense of North’s oeuvre as a whole. On my reading, North interpreted the challenge of Polanyi to mean combining two methodological conceptions previously not united in one work. On the one hand, North’s NIEH extends the scope of economic theory to the study of the longue durée of economic history; while on the other hand North seeks to theorize the importance of historical variation in sociocultural institutions for understanding why there are rarely complete or well-functioning markets in most of economic history. North considers neoclassical economics suitable for neither of these purposes. Yet his critique of Polanyi’s substantivist-primitivist approach is primarily based on the absence of an integration of his project with the tools of economic theory. For this purpose, North therefore adopted the theory of transaction cost economics, also called New Institutional Economics (NIE), to this new ambitious end. More than perhaps any other author North has been responsible for extending the scope and sophistication of this economics based approach in the study of economic history. In the present work, I discuss to what extent this approach has been successful in its own aims, internally consistent, and to what extent it is plausible as a historiographical approach from an ‘external’ point of view. I do this by combining a close reading and interpretation of a variety of North’s writings, focusing in particular on the most contemporary version of his work - which has not been much studied - with a methodological and theoretical discussion of various major themes in or aspects of his work from the viewpoints of historiography, anthropology, and philosophy of social science. These themes include (among others) North’s understanding of the functioning of markets in politics and economics, his approach to choice theory, rationality, and game theory, his use or neglect of evolutionary concepts, the meaning of embeddedness in his work, and North’s contractarian anthropology. As this work shows, North’s NIEH is situated in a difficult intermediate position within larger debates in economic thought: between primitivism and modernism, between substantivism and formalism (in the anthropological sense), and most significantly, between the ‘new mainstream’ of economic theory and the quest for successive endogenisation of the institutional context of economic behavior. This certainly speaks for the ambition and sophistication of North’s historiographical approach, something which has only increased with the further development of his theory. But in his quest to unite the best insights of choice theory with New Institutionalist economics as well as incorporating the ‘anthropological’ level of fully socialized beliefs, preferences, and how they give rise to institutional variation in history, North frequently seeks to have his cake and eat it. The persistent methodological ambiguities in his work give rise to problems of internal consistency and external plausibility, which are present from the very inauguration of his NIEH research programme. The subsequent development of his work has not, I argue, been able to overcome this fundamental problem. For this reason, while much of North’s toolset and his overarching ambitions are valuable developments in economic historical theory, he does not achieve his aim of overcoming the challenge of Karl Polanyi. Without a more decisive break with his original economic microfoundations, North’s NIEH project cannot ultimately live up to its grand ambitions.

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Orientador: Antonio Celso Ferreira / Banca: Gabriel Giannattasio / Banca: Hélio Rebello Cardoso Júnior / Banca: Márcia Regina Capelari Naxara / Banca: Nelson Schapochnik / Resumo: Esta tese tem como objetivo a leitura historiográfica do "romance do café", produções literárias marcadas pelos processos sociais desencadeados pela monocultura cafeeira. De muitas maneiras, os autores retrataram costumes, valores, conflitos, vivências e experiências que abarcaram não apenas das sociedades locais, mas também confluiram com a emergência dos grandes e médios centros urbanos. Nessa trajetória, este romance não apenas tomou a cafeicultura como tema ou ambiente histórico e social das suas tramas, forjando representações do campo e da cidade, de um ciclo econômico ou reforçando um gênero da literatura brasileira; o próprio romance, enquanto experiência estética e crítica, permitiu a elaboração de visões, hipóteses e conceitos históricos, que tiveram como um dos principais mecanismos interpretativos a ruína, ou seja, a passagem da opulência à decadência. É nesta dramatização feita pelo romance que a história foge ao seu destino ruinoso para confrontar-se com os leitores de um outro tempo, pois a sua historicidade não se esgota nem com o término da obra literária nem com o fim do ciclo cafeeiro. Ela compõe-se de camadas interpretativas, permitindo a leitura do "romance do café" como uma alegoria moderna. / Abstract: The research aims to develope an historiographical read of the "coffee romance", literary pieces signaled with the social process ruled by the coffee. From different ways, authors described habits, values, conflicts, experiencies that hold not only local society, but the great and medium urban centers too. Following this trajectory, the romance not just take the coffee culture as motif or historical and social scenary of its plot, forming representations of the country and the city, of an economic circle or just insisting in the narrative tradition of brasilian literature; the very romance, as an aesthetic and critical experience, allowed the creation of visions, hipothesis and historical concepts that had as main intrerpretative tool the idea of ruin, it means, the sense of opulence and decadence. Due this dramatic perspective of the romance that history escapes from its ruined fate to confront the readers of another time; its historicity do not wear off when the literary piece or the coffee circle ends. It is done of interpretative reports that admits the lecture of the "coffee romance" as a modern allegory. / Doutor

Orientadora: Karina Anhezini de Araujo / Banca: Temístocles Américo Corrêa Cezar / Banca: Helio Rebello Cardoso Junior / Resumo: Esta dissertação parte da seguinte questão: como se escrevia a História em meados do século XIX? Com o intuito de somar alguns significados a ela, a escrita do historiador francês Joseph-Ernest Renan (1823-1892), entre os anos de 1848 e 1863, foi considerada como seu objeto específico. A partir da leitura dos livros e artigos de Renan e das atas das instituições que este autor fora membro, o trabalho buscou compreender os procedimentos e as concepções que nortearam sua escrita da história. Tal estudo propiciou o entendimento de que, primeiramente, Renan caracterizou a história como a grande missão e obra de seu século. Essa missão que definia a história como uma religião e como uma ciência, simultaneamente, empenhava-se em situar a história em um local privilegiado para a significação das ciências e das religiões. Em diálogo com historiadores como Augustin Thierry e Wilhelm von Humboldt e autorizado por lugares como a Société Asiatique e a Académie des Inscriptions et Belles- Lettres, Renan se tornou um dos missionários que, por amor à verdade, entreteceu a crítica minuciosa dos documentos aos intentos da Filosofia da História em uma escrita autorreflexiva, verossímil, dotadora de sentidos e movimentos ao passado / Abstract: This dissertation starts from the following question: what was writing History like in midnineteenth century? In order to add some meaning to it, the writings of the French historian Joseph-Ernest Renan (1823-1892), between the years 1848 and 1863 were considered as its specific object. Through the reading of Renan's books and articles and the records of the institutions of which the author had been a member, the study aimed to understand the procedures and conceptions that guided his writing of history. This study provided the understanding that, at first, Renan characterized the history as the great mission and work of his century. This mission that defined history as a religion and as a science, simultaneously endeavored to situate the history in a prime location for the significance of science and religions. In dialogue with historians such as Augustin Thierry and Wilhelm von Humboldt and authorized by places such as the Société Asiatique and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Renan became one of the missionaries who, for love of truth, interwove the thorough critique of the documents to the intents of Philosophy of History in a self-reflective, verisimilar writing, endower of senses and movements to the past / Mestre