Contribuições teórico-metodológicas de dois historiadores: um possível diálogo entre as abordagens de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda e de E. P. Thompson

Abstract

This article discusses the possibility of studying participative experiences or the process of construction of a public sphere in Brazil. Its categories of analysis are inspired in Sérgio Buarque de Holanda's and E. P. Thompson's. The research inquires about the possibility of a dialogue between two different theories, one dealing with "cordialidade" or "homem cordial" (Buarque de Holanda) and the other with "experience" (E. P. Thompson).