Dual Legacies

This paper offers a fresh interpretation of the thought of Portuguese poet Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877-1952) and Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre (1900-1987), emphasizing how aspects of their work resonate with contemporary struggles for emancipation. Drawing on their admiration for the nineteenth-century Portuguese historian Oliveira Martins’ historiography, the paper situates their ideas within the broader post-Tordesillas dynamics of Luso-Brazilian psychopolitics. It argues that Pascoaes’ and Freyre’s reflections on memory and their visionary approaches to the future provide valuable frameworks for addressing present-day challenges. By critiquing the restrictive lens that excludes these thinkers from the Imaginary Museum of Progressive and Emancipatory Luso-Afro-Brazilian Thought, the paper reassesses their potential contributions, challenging their orthodox portrayal as reactionary guardians of tradition and exploring their relevance to contemporary cultural and political discourse

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