The “civilization of the Indians” in Brazil in the 18th century: from the pombaline legislation to Domingos Barreto’s plan

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  • Fabricio Lyrio Santos Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i170p233-260

Keywords:

Civility, civilization, Indigenous people

Abstract

This paper examines the origin of the term “civilization” as well as their appropriation by the Portuguese in their colonial policy for indigenous people of Brazil in the second half of the 18th century. The analysis shows that the model of “civilization” applied to the Indians was opposed to the system of catechesis carried out by the Jesuits and other religious orders in Brazil since the sixteenth century.

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2014-06-30

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SANTOS, Fabricio Lyrio. The “civilization of the Indians” in Brazil in the 18th century: from the pombaline legislation to Domingos Barreto’s plan. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 170, p. 233–260, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i170p233-260. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/82573.. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.