VISÕES AMBÍGUAS DE UM BRASIL ESQUECIDO (Brazil: ambiguous visions of a forgotten country)
Abstract
O capítulo consagrado ao Brasil na Géographie
Universelle de Conrad Malte-Brun, publicada entre 1810 e 1847, é uma
fonte preciosa que nos ajuda a reconstituir o passado de um Brasil há
muito tempo esquecido. Ele também nos revela o olhar que um europeu
culto lançava sobre este mundo para ele remoto e exótico. A imagem que
surge desta leitura é ambígua, com julgamentos de valor que podem nos
surpreender. No entanto, o texto é notável pela amplitude e pela
clarividência, dado o estado ainda embrionário da informação disponível
e, portanto, merece uma releitura.
Palavras-chave: Conrad Malte-Brun, geografia histórica, história do pensamento geográfico.
Abstract
The
chapter on Brazil in Conrad Malte-Brun’s Géographie Universelle,
published between 1810 and 1847, is a valuable source that helps us to
reconstruct the past of a long forgotten Brazil. It also reveals the way
an well educated European saw a distant and exotic world. The picture
that emerges from this reading is ambiguous, with value judgments that
can surprise us. This text is nonetheless notable for its magnitude and
vision, given the embryonic state of information available, and deserves
a to be re-read.
Key words: Conrad Malte-Brun, historical geography, history of geographical thought.
Résumé
Le
chapitre consacré au Brésil dans la Géographie Universelle de Conrad
Malte-Brun, publiéé entre 1810 et 1847, est une source précieuse qui
nous aide à reconstituer le passé d’un Brésil depuis longtemps oublié.
Il nous révèle en outre le regard qu’un européen cultivé jetait sur un
monde pour lui lointain et exotique. L’image qui ressort de cette
lecture ambigüe, avec des jugements de valeur qui peuvent nous
surprendre. Ce texte est pourtant notable par son amplitude et sa
clairvoyance, étant donné l’état embryonnaire de l’information
disponible et mérite donc une relecture.
Mots-clé: Conrad Malte-Brun,géographie historique, histoire de la pensée géographique.
DOI: 10.4215/RM2011.1022.0001
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