Tavaloro

problem of understanding modernity in Brazil either from the angle of dependency theory or of the patriarchal/patrimony theory. Suggests incompleteness of Brazilian experience ¹(6)

outlines and critiques patriarchal theory and dependency theory. Difference between them is that the first attributes Brazil's unique (semi)modernity to the permanence of colonial characteristics whilst the latter attributes Brazil's (inauthentic) modernity to its dependency on foreign nations which results in a greater state intervention to overcome deficiencies² (7-11)

Standard view of modernity (1) distinction between state, market and civil society (2) secularization (3) separation public private sphere. Prefers concept of multifaceted modernities. In that case we should not speak of Brazil's inauthentic modernity. Hints at the concept of European exceptionalism³ (11-18)

1S Tavaloro, “Existe uma modernidade brasileira? Reflexões em cima de um dilemma sociológico brasileiro,” Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais 20:59 (2005), 5–22, 6.

2S Tavaloro, “Existe uma modernidade brasileira? Reflexões em cima de um dilemma sociológico brasileiro,” Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais 20:59 (2005), 5–22, 7–11.

3S Tavaloro, “Existe uma modernidade brasileira? Reflexões em cima de um dilemma sociológico brasileiro,” Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais 20:59 (2005), 5–22, 11–18.