Utopia, history and prophecy: the joaquimism as philosophy for Brazil

The text assumes that the conception of history from the utopian and prophetic-millenarian strands are constitutive not only of the founding myth of the Brazilian State, but also of our most authentic philosophical thought; and that, in its origins, we find the work of Abbot Joachim of Fiore (1135-1...

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Autor: Dutra Rossato, Noeli
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/61499
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/61499
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Profecia. Utopia. Quinto Império. Joaquim de Fiore. Antônio Vieira.
Prophecy. Utopia. Fifth Empire. Joachim of Fiore. Antonio Vieira.
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Sumario:The text assumes that the conception of history from the utopian and prophetic-millenarian strands are constitutive not only of the founding myth of the Brazilian State, but also of our most authentic philosophical thought; and that, in its origins, we find the work of Abbot Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202). At first, we show that one of the expressions of the utopian aspect in our culture comes from the popular Festivities of the Empire of the Holy Spirit of Luso-Brazilian tradition that roots in medieval Joachimism. The prophetic-millenarian aspect, in turn, is part of the work of the Jesuit Antonio Vieira (1608-1679) and consolidated through the absorption of the utopian heritage of the Joaquimism, complemented by Apocalyptic and Sebastianian elements. Finally, we take a few steps from the novel A Pedra do Reino, by Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014), with, in our view, articulate the main core of the utopian dimension with the theory of the Fifth Empire and the millenarianism.