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“Eu vi a luz em um país perdido” : o vencidismo para além dos Vencidos da Vida (de 1888 à actualidade)
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Num ambiente finissecular decadentista, os Vencidos da Vida marcaram a
cultura de elite do tempo em que viveram, com uma atitude de vencidismo que
contrastava com o lugar que ocupavam na sociedade. Através de fontes como debates
parlamentares, imprensa periódica e textos literários, o foco deste trabalho tem um duplo
propósito: proceder a um estudo prosopográfico e de sociologia cultural deste grupo
informal de amigos e investigar prolongamentos de vencidismo em momentos
posteriores ao tempo dos Vencidos, momentos de crise na modernidade em Portugal,
desde 1888 (data do grupo) ao início do séc. XXI, tentando abranger o tempo longo, já
que este permite uma melhor compreensão dos problemas. Mas também tentar
compreender que formas assumiu esse vencidismo e que debates suscitou. A
permanência de memórias críticas, positivas e negativas, dos Vencidos da Vida por parte
da intelectualidade portuguesa, remete para a ambivalência entre pessimismo e
convicção, crença e descrença na regeneração da sociedade portuguesa, numa dicotomia
constante entre fim e reinício. Coloca-se também o vencidismo como problema moral,
problema político ou problema de fé. Como evoluem os significados de “vencido” a
partir de 1888? Em que sentidos o conceito de vencidismo acaba por se afirmar, na
história da cultura e das mentalidades? Que debates suscitaram estes tópicos?
In a decadent turn-of-the-century environment, the Vencidos da Vida marked the elite culture of the time in which they lived, with an attitude of defeatism that contrasted with the place they occupied in society. Through sources such as parliamentary debates, periodical press and literary texts, the focus of this work has an equivocal purpose: to carry out a prosopography and a culturally sociological study of this informal group of friends and to investigate extensions of defeatism in moments after the time of the Vencidos, moments of crisis in Modernity in Portugal, between 1888 (date of the group) to the beginning of the century XXI, trying to cover the long time, as this allows a better understanding of the problems. But also trying to understand what forms of defeatism took place and what debates it generated. The permanence of critical, positive and negative memories of the Vencidos da Vida by the Portuguese intelligentsia, draws attention to the uncertainty between pessimism and the conviction, belief and disbelief in the regeneration of portuguese society, in a constant dichotomy between end and recommencement. What arises is to consider defeatism as a moral problem, a political problem or a problem of faith. How do the meanings of “defeat” evolve after 1888? In what ways do the concept of defeatism end up asserting itself in the history of culture and mentalities? What debates raised these topics?
In a decadent turn-of-the-century environment, the Vencidos da Vida marked the elite culture of the time in which they lived, with an attitude of defeatism that contrasted with the place they occupied in society. Through sources such as parliamentary debates, periodical press and literary texts, the focus of this work has an equivocal purpose: to carry out a prosopography and a culturally sociological study of this informal group of friends and to investigate extensions of defeatism in moments after the time of the Vencidos, moments of crisis in Modernity in Portugal, between 1888 (date of the group) to the beginning of the century XXI, trying to cover the long time, as this allows a better understanding of the problems. But also trying to understand what forms of defeatism took place and what debates it generated. The permanence of critical, positive and negative memories of the Vencidos da Vida by the Portuguese intelligentsia, draws attention to the uncertainty between pessimism and the conviction, belief and disbelief in the regeneration of portuguese society, in a constant dichotomy between end and recommencement. What arises is to consider defeatism as a moral problem, a political problem or a problem of faith. How do the meanings of “defeat” evolve after 1888? In what ways do the concept of defeatism end up asserting itself in the history of culture and mentalities? What debates raised these topics?
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Vencidos da Vida, 1887-1894 (Portugal) Vida intelectual - Portugal - séc.19-20 Portugal - Civilização - séc.19-20 Portugal - História - séc.19-20 Teses de doutoramento - 2022