Barboza, J. The Castaway of Existence

Machado de Assis and Arthur Schopenhauer – Caricature, Parody, Tragedy, and Animal Ethics. São Paulo: Unesp Publishing, 2022, 177 p.

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2024.1.45754

Keywords:

Schopenhauer, Machado de Assis, caricature, parody, animal ethics

Abstract

The book The Castaway of Existence: Machado de Assis and Arthur Schopenhauer – Caricature, Parody, Tragedy, and Animal Ethics, by Jair Barboza, explores the influence of Schopenhauer on the works of Machado de Assis, proposing that the character Quincas Borba is a caricature of the German philosopher and his philosophy of humanitism, a parody of Schopenhauerian metaphysical pessimism. Barboza bases his analysis on bibliographic discoveries and examines works such as The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and Quincas Borba to support his thesis. He also highlights the animal ethics in Machado, influenced by Schopenhauer, and how this approach was followed by other Brazilian authors. The book is intended for readers interested in the intersection between literature and philosophy.

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Author Biography

Gleisy Picoli, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.

PhD in Philosophy from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), with a research internship at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany, funded by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). She published two international articles in the Schopenhauer Jahrbuch in Germany. She worked as a professor at the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP) in São Roque and at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES). Author of the book A Crítica do Livre-Arbítrio por Arthur Schopenhauer, winner of the 19th Monograph Contest of IFCH/Unicamp. She is also co-author of the book Schopenhauer e a religião by NéfipOnline.

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ASSIS M. “O autor de si mesmo”. Brasília: Portal Domínio Público (Ministério da Educação); Florianópolis: Núcleo de Pesquisa em Informática, Literatura e Linguística (NUPILL/UFSC), 1895. Disponível em: https://machado.mec.gov.br . Acesso em: 31 ago. 2022.

ASSIS, M. Quincas Borba [QB]. Brasília: Portal Domínio Público (Ministério da Educação); Florianópolis: Núcleo de Pesquisa em Informática, Literatura e Linguística (NUPILL/UFSC), 2008. Disponível em: https://machado.mec.gov.br/obra-completa-lista/itemlist/category/23-romance Acesso em: 31 ago. 2022.

BARBOZA, J. O náufrago da existência: Machado de Assis e Arthur Schopenhauer – Caricatura, paródia, tragédia e ética animal. São Paulo: Ed. Unesp, 2022.

SCHOPENHAUER, A. O mundo como vontade e como representação. Trad. Jair Barboza. Tomo I [W I]. 2ª. ed. rev. São Paulo: Ed. Unesp, 2015a.

SCHOPENHAUER, A. O mundo como vontade e como representação. Trad. Jair Barboza. Tomo II [W II]. São Paulo: Ed. UNESP, 2015b.

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2024-08-23

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Picoli, G. (2024). Barboza, J. The Castaway of Existence: Machado de Assis and Arthur Schopenhauer – Caricature, Parody, Tragedy, and Animal Ethics. São Paulo: Unesp Publishing, 2022, 177 p. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 69(1), e45754. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2024.1.45754

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Vol. 69 No. 1 (2024): Single Volume - Continuous flow

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