ENTRE O UNIVERSALISMO E A CONDIÇÃO CONTEXTUAL: CONCEPÇÕES E LIMITES DO HUMANISMO SECULAR DE EDWARD SAID

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Resumo O trabalho analisa o "humanismo secular" de Edward Said, que busca ir além do provincianismo e de contraposições hierarquizadas que caracterizariam o humanismo tradicional. Refletindo aspectos da abordagem pós-colonialista, questionam-se identidades fixas e excludentes, destacando as minorias e a fluidez de identidades opostas a representações hegemônicas. Tendo em conta virtudes cognitivas de um novo humanismo, Said faz referências à condição de exílio, exemplares em manifestar a capacidade fecunda de se criar novos tipos de conexões e percepções sociais. O artigo busca mostrar virtudes e limites do conhecimento cosmopolita proposto por Said, destacando alguns impasses de sua teoria em relação a aspectos da tradição humanista.Abstract The paper analyzes the "secular humanism" of Edward Said, who tries to go beyond provincialism and hierarchical oppositions that characterize the traditional humanism. Reflecting aspects of post-colonialists approaches, Said questions notions of fixed or exclusionary identities and emphasizes the minorities and the fluidity of identities opposed to hegemonic representations. Taking into account cognitive vantages of a new humanism, Said makes references to the condition of exile that would be exemplary to express the ability to create new types of social connections and insights. The article points out virtues and limits of the cosmopolitan knowledge proposed by Said and it highlights some impasses of his theory in relation to aspects of the humanist tradition.

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Carvalho, B. S. de. (2013). ENTRE O UNIVERSALISMO E A CONDIÇÃO CONTEXTUAL: CONCEPÇÕES E LIMITES DO HUMANISMO SECULAR DE EDWARD SAID. Sociologia & Antropologia, 3(6), 465–488. https://doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752013v365

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