ADEODATO BARRETO’S ORIENTAL HUMANISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE 1930s

Authors

  • Lucas Henrique Lima Vecchi Universidade de São Paulo
  • Duarte Nuno Drumond Braga Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i36.160088

Keywords:

Goan writing, humanism, indianism, colonialism, fascism, orientalism

Abstract

Civilização hindu, written by Goan author Adeodato Barreto in 1935, besides being a presentation for the Portuguese public of the ancient civilization of India, focuses on the "New India", reborn for the anti-colonial struggle of Gandhi and Tagore. The book references a vast international political panorama of the 30’s, which involves the fascist movements, European colonialism and, implicitly, the Salazar regime in Portugal. Our goal is to show how the discourse in support of India is associated with the criticism of fascism, totalitarianism and colonialism. In this respect we also explore the concept of Oriental humanism as an expression of Goan indianism.

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Published

2019-11-28

Issue

Section

Dossiê 36: Conflitos e convergências - vida literária e intelectual em Goa

How to Cite

VECCHI, Lucas Henrique Lima; BRAGA, Duarte Nuno Drumond. ADEODATO BARRETO’S ORIENTAL HUMANISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE 1930s. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 20, n. 2, p. 63–79, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i36.160088. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/160088.. Acesso em: 28 may. 2024.