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O drama dos juízos contrastantes: os Jesuítas como desumanizadores ou como precursores dos direitos humanos?
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A intensiva propaganda antijesuítica pombalina,
promovida no contexto da medida régia de extinção oficial da
Companhia de Jesus em Portugal, a 3 de setembro de 1759, fez
dos Jesuítas os desumanizadores por excelência da história da
humanidade, inimigos dos Estados modernos e paganizadores
da Igreja. À luz da doutrina conspiracionista típica dos mitos
de complô, os Jesuítas são identificados como a causa principal,
quando não única, de todos os males acontecidos na Igreja e nas
sociedades coevas. Esta leitura radicalmente negativa ergue um
verdadeiro mito negro e contrasta com outras leituras, algumas
de sinal também radicalmente contrário, que fazem dos
Inacianos modernizadores da Igreja, qualificados assessores de
Reis e Príncipes, precursores dos direitos humanos. O presente
artigo revisita e analisa criticamente a estilização dessas
visões contrastantes, que fazem dos Jesuítas quer agentes de
desumanização, quer de humanização, na perspetiva da história
do pensamento entre as Épocas Moderna e Contemporânea.
Procura-se saber também, para além da nublosa imagética
criada pelas polémicas anti e pró-jesuítas, se podemos
considerar os Jesuítas relevantes para uma proto-história dos
direitos humanos na transição para a Época Contemporânea.
The intensive Pombaline anti-Jesuitic propaganda, in the context of the king’s decision of officially extinguishing the Society of Jesus in Portugal, on September 3, 1759, made turn the Jesuits into the quintessential de humanizers of human history, enemies of modern States and paganizers of the Church. According to the conspiracy doctrine typical of plot myths, the Jesuits are identified as the main, if not the only, root of all the evils that happened in the Church and in to the contemporary societies. This radically negative perspective creates an actual black myth and contrasts with other readings, some of which are radically different. As such, the Ignatians are also seen as the modernizers of the Church and qualified advisors to Kings and Princes, forerunners of human rights. This paper revisits and critically analyzes the characterization of these contrasting views, which make the Jesuits, both agents of dehumanization and humanization, from the perspective of the history of thought between the Early Modern and Modern periods. It also aims to know, beyond the blurry imagery created by anti- and pro-Jesuitic polemics, if we can consider the Jesuits relevant to a protohistory of human rights in the transition to the Contemporary Modern Period.
The intensive Pombaline anti-Jesuitic propaganda, in the context of the king’s decision of officially extinguishing the Society of Jesus in Portugal, on September 3, 1759, made turn the Jesuits into the quintessential de humanizers of human history, enemies of modern States and paganizers of the Church. According to the conspiracy doctrine typical of plot myths, the Jesuits are identified as the main, if not the only, root of all the evils that happened in the Church and in to the contemporary societies. This radically negative perspective creates an actual black myth and contrasts with other readings, some of which are radically different. As such, the Ignatians are also seen as the modernizers of the Church and qualified advisors to Kings and Princes, forerunners of human rights. This paper revisits and critically analyzes the characterization of these contrasting views, which make the Jesuits, both agents of dehumanization and humanization, from the perspective of the history of thought between the Early Modern and Modern periods. It also aims to know, beyond the blurry imagery created by anti- and pro-Jesuitic polemics, if we can consider the Jesuits relevant to a protohistory of human rights in the transition to the Contemporary Modern Period.
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Jesuítas Mito Propaganda Desumanização Direitos humanos Jesuits Myth Propaganda Dehumanization Human rights
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