Ensaios de nacionalidade: cordialidade, cidadania e desterro na obra de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Edgar Salvadori de Decca

The question of “Who Are We?” was raised in the nineteenth century, with the consolidation of the national state in Brazil and it has remained our most urgent question becoming since that time a genuine obsession for Brazilian intellectuals. Indeed, from this quest to “be national,” all the political ideas and models put forth by Brazilian intellectuals since the nineteenth century have emerged. This text examines how the works of Sergio Buarge de Holanda fit into this perspective, reformulating it.The question of “Who Are We?” was raised in the nineteenth century, with the consolidation of the national state in Brazil and it has remained our most urgent question becoming since that time a genuine obsession for Brazilian intellectuals. Indeed, from this quest to “be national,” all the political ideas and models put forth by Brazilian intellectuals since the nineteenth century have emerged. This text examines how the works of Sergio Buarge de Holanda fit into this perspective, reformulating it.A questão de “quem somos” foi levantada no século 19, com a consolidação do Estado nacional no Brasil, e permaneceu como nossa indagação mais urgente, tornando-se a partir dessa época uma verdadeira obsessão da intelectualidade no Brasil. Dessa indagação do ser nacional, projetam-se todos os modelos políticos da intelectualidade brasileira, desde o século 19. Este texto observa como a obra de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda enquadra-se nessa perspectiva, reformulando-a. &nbsp