The four faces of Oliveira Vianna

Abstract

This article is an effort of dialogue between the main interpretations of Oliveira Vianna with the continuities and ruptures of this work. Using a approach already quite established – that divides such readings in four interpretative models: instrumental authoritarianism, agrarianism, iberianism and state ideology – try to, within a genetic and chronological analysis of his work, demonstrate that does not exist a single way to read Oliveira Vianna, but several. In our view, since the formulation of ideas is a process – is inserted in the author’s trajectory and seeks to respond to the challenges of his time – written over three decades, she admits continuity and change. Therefore, not only supports multiple interpretations, as demand a new type of analysis, multifaceted.

Keywords

• Pensamento social brasileiro
• Oliveira Vianna
• Modelos interpretativos
• Continuidades e rupturas
• Análise multifacetada