Grande sertão and the pathways of Dao : The metaphysics of language and politics in Guimarães Rosa

This paper aims at an elucidation of an underrated aspect of Guimarães Rosa’s political ideas, as they are expressed in Grande sertão: veredas. Such an aspect belongs to the complex relationship between action and inaction. For this purpose, a comparison with certain issues from contemporary thought...

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Author: Pinheiro, Ulysses
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repository:Artefilosofia
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:pp.www.periodicos.ufop.br:article/4686
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufop.br/raf/article/view/4686
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Dao de Jing
Guimarães Rosa
Inaction
Language
Politics
política
inação
Situacionismo
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Summary:This paper aims at an elucidation of an underrated aspect of Guimarães Rosa’s political ideas, as they are expressed in Grande sertão: veredas. Such an aspect belongs to the complex relationship between action and inaction. For this purpose, a comparison with certain issues from contemporary thought will be at stake; some references Rosa himself makes regarding Oriental philosophy, especially the Dao de Jing, will also be explored.