CULTURA POLÍTICA GERMÂNICA, RELAÇÕES DE FORÇA E RECEPÇÃO NO BRASIL A PARTIR DO PENSAMENTO DE RUDOLF VON JHERING, ERNST HAECKEL E HANS KELSEN (1879-1939)

Abstract

This work analyses the relation between German and Brazilian political culture beginning with a focus on cultural history (and ideas) between 1879 and 1939. We analyze the circulation of ideas and the cultural appropriation of three authors on the German legal field: Rudolf von Jhering, Ernst Haeckel and Hans Kelsen. The reception of these authors in Brazil may be gleaned from works by writers on the legal field in Brazil: Clovis Bevilaqua and Silvio Romero, and in the discussions on the Brazilian Constitution in 1934. We consider the cultural mediations present in this process, among them those of French and Iberian culture. Our hypothesis is that the process of these German authors� reception in Brazil was mediated by the translation and appropriation of multiple political cultures, with the French and Iberian the most evident. The survey is grounded in bibliographical collections from the Collection of Rare Works at the Rio de Janeiro National Library and the Superior Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ) Library. The article forms part of a doctorate in progress.