Society and Nature Interaction Patterns: Some Brazilian Peculiarities
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https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v17i0.13414Keywords:
society and nature, representations of nature, nature appropriation patterns, agriculture and nature in Brazil, sociedade e natureza, representações de natureza, apropriação da natureza, agricultura e natureza no BrasilAbstract
The article explores some Brazilian typical society-environmental interaction patterns and the symbolicalconcepts of Nature related to it. The study was oriented in three directions – cultural, historical andeconomical. In a cultural point of view, it considers the relationship between the social-cultural systemand attitudes concerning nature. Using a historical approach, it considers the connection between theconcepts of Nature and the national state construction process, as well as the notions of national identityand memory. Finally it analyzes resource appropriation patterns related to the economical occupation ofthe Brazilian territory. The conclusions lead to evidence that some relation patterns and attitudes haveprevailed for a long period of time. They show that one can see that in the Brazilian society-nature relationshipthere is a counter point between two ways of regarding Nature – an enchanted and a modernway, which can mean new possibilities of understaning environment and for political formulation in that area.
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