• Virtues and Vices in Modern Brazilian Historiography: a reading of Historians of Brazil, by Francisco Iglésias

    Author(s):
    João Ohara (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Historical theory and the philosophy of history, Historiography
    Subject(s):
    History--Philosophy, Historiography, History
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Brazilian historiography, epistemic virtues, history of historiography, Philosophy of history, History and theory of historiography
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/fvx3-5r36
    Abstract:
    In Historians of Brazil, Francisco Iglésias reviews some of the great names in Brazilian historiography as divided by him into three distinct moments: up to 1838, from 1838 to 1931, and from 1931 onwards. This article shall focus on the third of these moments, which has traditionally been considered the moment of the “modern Brazilian historiography”. More specifically, I would like to draw attention to Iglésias’ use of virtue and vice language to assess those historians and their works. Virtues and vices have long been used not only in moral evaluations but also in epistemic ones. Being recognized as a historian includes cultivating repertoires of virtues which are deemed to be necessary for actually being a historian. As Iglésias evaluates his predecessors, we will have a glimpse into how a particular way of being a historian – that of the university professor in the 1980s – clashes against previous models of scholarly selfhood.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.15848/hh.v12i30.1475
    Publisher:
    Sociedade Brasileria de Teoria e Historia de Historiografia
    Pub. Date:
    2019-8-28
    Journal:
    História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography
    Volume:
    12
    Issue:
    30
    Page Range:
    44 - 70
    ISSN:
    1983-9928
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
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