Böcker av Gabriel Cohn

The demands and difficulties of civilized and republican life in a context such as the Brazilian one form the core of the articles collected here, written at different times. This applies from the first and most comprehensive of them, on civilization, citizenship and barbarism, to the more specific one on fascism in its possible Brazilian version, through the treatment of the theme of development from an unusual angle, that of the civilizing process, and through a mixture of more theoretical reflection and very concrete references when speaking precisely of the theme that identifies the book, the "difficult republic". Finally, two essays on Florestan Fernandes and Raymundo Faoro and two final articles, both marked by attention to a basic problem such as temporality, the mode of presence of time.

Cadernos Ultramares seeks to present Brazilian culture and thought in a qualified way, through volumes bringing together important essays by renowned authors in different areas of knowledge. This book brings together two facets of Gabriel Cohn, one of the most important Brazilian sociologists: "Temporalidades" is a reflection on time in sociology, in dialogue with and in homage to the Luso-Mozambican sociologist Hermínio Martins, and "O tempo e o modo" also reflects on this issue from a Marxist perspective. Civilization, citizenship and barbarism" presents an instigating reflection on the relationship between civility and democratic political action.