A moldura positivista do indigenismo: A propósito do Estatuto do Índio para a proteção de povos indígenas no Brasil

• Abstract The article interprets legal definitions of “Isolated”, “On the way to integration” and “Integrated” present in the Indian Statute (Law 6.001/73, Brazil) in relation to positivist ideas generated and dissemin ated by Anthropology and Sociology in the XIXth Century, particularly French positivism. Two cases will be mentioned as examples of the positivist meaning given to these legal definitions in order to implement the indigenist protection of ethnically differ entiated individuals and groups. These two cases are related to the Awa - Canoeiro and the Tapuio in Central Brazil, and the objective of the description is to elucidate the duration and the symbolic power of positivist ideas used as ideological framework to structure indigenist laws, actions and practices in contemporary Brazil .

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Positivism; Indigenism; Indian Statute; Brazil

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)