Memory, market and biopower in Salvador 1900

Authors

  • Moacir Carvalho Oliveira UFRB

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss and describe how disputes occurred between the healer Faustino Ribeiro Jr. and authorities in the city of Salvador-BA between the years 1903 and 1904. For that purpose, publications from newspapers of the time were used, the lawsuit filed against Faustino, in addition to an article published in Gazeta Médica da Bahia. It is discussed here, not only how much the modernizing and secularizing processes within particular national-nation formations would prevent religiosity, but also, how such processes would end up contributing, even if involuntarily, to the redefinition of magic and religion. Thus, it is explored how much in processes of accelerated modification of life forms, antinomies would be expressed between the consolidation of collective memories of biographical duration, and posthumous historical reconstruction, all within the complex interactions between differentially positioned agents.

Keywords: Healing. Dispute. Memory. Religiosity. Secularization.

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, M. C. (2020). Memory, market and biopower in Salvador 1900. PLURA, Revista De Estudos De Religião PLURA, Journal for the Study of Religion, 11(1), 48–79. Retrieved from https://revistaplura.emnuvens.com.br/plura/article/view/1728