The Political Theology of Alberto Pasqualini

Christian Solidarism, Economics, and Trabalhismo

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ID6235485
AutoresHelio Cannone (0000-0002-8774-4197, Hospital Ana Nery, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen19
Número2
Fecha de publicación2025-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBrazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1981-3821202500020007
OpenAlexW4410897661
SciELOS1981-38212025000200204
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas10

This article aims to look into the thought of jurist Alberto Pasqualini as part of the early stages of organization of the ideology of ‘trabalhismo’, which appears in the author’s work as a political theology. This doctrine emerged as the foundation of Getúlio Vargas’s Estado Novo and had to adapt to the democratic regime of the 1946 Republic. We argue that Alberto Pasqualini played a fundamental in this endeavor. He acted both as a theorist of ‘trabalhismo’ and as one of its main political organizers. Drawing from his books, speeches, and interviews, we will demonstrate here that the moral and political foundations of the ‘trabalhismo’ built by Pasqualini was based on premises aligned with Catholicism and the social doctrine of the Church, as well as his position on major issues of his time, including social and economic development, state planning, and the Cold War. To this end, we will address his writings in the context of Catholic thought represented by the papal encyclicals ‘Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno

Political science · Political theology · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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