The sword for the penalty: the anticlerical discouse of Dario Vellozo (1890 – 1905)

Abstract

This paper has as central theme of discussion to analyze some discursive strategies of Dario Vellozo, important intellectual in the cultural scene of Curitiba, within the debate between anticlerical and clerical in Paraná in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. In this sense, Vellozo, who was the main leader of the anticlerical group, used history, science and various authors to legitimize their ideals and disqualify the clerical group's proposals. We used the discussions proposed by intellectual history, taking into account textual and contextual elements of the texts analyzed. We used as sources some books by Vellozo, as well as articles written by him in magazines between the years of 1890 to 1905, a period in which the clash between clerical and anticlerical was more intense. We hope that research can contribute to a deeper understanding of the society of Curitiba in the period, as well as the anticlerical movement that took place in Brazil.