Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Since the 1980's, Marilena Chaui's writing has had a profound impact in Brazil, contributing to the academic conversation and resonating in popular culture. Here, in English for the first time, are ten of Chaui's most important essays, with an introduction by Maite Conde which situates the scholarship in the global context.
Synopsis
The Integralist Imaginary Notes on Popular Culture Popular Culture and Authoritarianism Winds of Progress: The Administered University Ethics and Violence in Brazil: A Difficult Democracy The Engaged Intellectual: A Figure Facing Extinction? On the Present and on Politics Brazil's Foundational Myth Power and Freedom: Politics in Spinoza Religious Fundamentalism: The Return of Political Theology