Alceu Amoroso Lima

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Alceu Amoroso Lima
Born(1893-12-11)December 11, 1893
Petrópolis
DiedAugust 14, 1983(1983-08-14) (aged 89)
Rio de Janeiro
OccupationWriter, Journalist, Activist
LanguagePortuguese
NationalityBrazilian

Alceu Amoroso Lima (

Catholicism and eventually became head of Catholic Action in Brazil. Although he initially had some sympathy for certain aims of Brazilian integralism he became a strong opponent of authoritarianism in general and Fascism in particular. That came in part through the influence of Jacques Maritain. He was a staunch advocate for press freedom during the period of military dictatorship
.

Biography

Born into a middle-class family in

Brazilian military government
(1964–85), he strongly criticized censorship.

Works

  • Estudos — Segunda série (1927)
  • Política (1932)
  • Idade, sexo e tempo (1938)
  • Elementos de ação católica (1938)
  • Mitos de nosso tempo (1943)
  • O problema do trabalho (1946)
  • Meditações sobre o mundo interior (1953)
  • O existencialismo e outros mitos de nosso tempo (1951)
  • O gigantismo econômico (1962)
  • O humanismo ameaçado (1965)
  • Os direitos do homem e o homem sem direitos (1975)
  • Revolução Suicida (1977)
  • Tudo é mistério (1983)

References

  1. S2CID 192629562
    .
  2. ^ Deutsch, Sandra McGee (1999), Las Derechas: The Extreme Right in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1890–1939, Stanford University Press, p. 275 sq.
  3. ^ Alejos-Grau, Carmen José; Saranyana, Josep Ignasi (2002), Teología in América Latina, vol. 2, Iberoamericana, p. 229

External links

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