deas that convulse, practices that conserve: the repertoire of ideas in the passage of the Empire to the Republic

Abstract

Political practice in Brazil, throughout the 19th century, was guided by ideas that, at the theoretical level, designed a State model similar to international experiences. However, the real conditions, unknown or intentionally ignored, ended up distancing ideal from the real. This article goes through some important contributions of historiography, as well as of political sociology and science, to debate the continuous transit of liberal ideals, either at the time of Independence, or during the passage to the Republic. The sometimes conflicting combination of these ideals with other doctrines, such as positivism in its orthodox conception, will also be discussed. In this seam of liberal and positivist ideas, regime change occurs and the Republic presents itself as another milestone in the country's conservative modernization process.