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Tendo em mente os efeitos socio-ambientais associados aos grandes projectos tecnológicos e de
exploração económica da Amazónia, o artigo revisita as perspectivas críticas do entendimento
tecnocrático do progresso moderno de dois vultos pioneiros do pensamento norte-americano, Ralph W.
Emerson e Henry D. Thoreau. Os EUA são a principal potência industrial e económica do mundo e os
seus padrões tecnológicos e modelo de desenvolvimento exercem atracção em muitas nações. Assim, a
visão céptica de Emerson e Thoreau relativamente ao poder científico e tecnológico próprio do
progressismo norte-americano surge como um alerta para os problemas que a Amazónia enfrenta
gerados pelo colossalismo tecnológico, exploração da natureza e aniquilamento das comunidades
indígenas.
In light of the social and environmental effects of the major projects involving technological and economic exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, this article revisits the critical approaches of two pioneering figures of North-American thought, Ralph W. Emerson and Henry D. Thoreau, to the technocratic understanding of modern progress. The USA is the world’s leading industrial and economical power, and both its technological standards and its development model appeal to many other countries. Emerson and Thoreau’s skeptical view regarding the technological and scientific influence of North-American progressivism emerges as a warning of the problems confronting the Amazon rainforest, brought on by the sheer magnitude of technological development, the exploitation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous communities.
In light of the social and environmental effects of the major projects involving technological and economic exploitation of the Amazon rainforest, this article revisits the critical approaches of two pioneering figures of North-American thought, Ralph W. Emerson and Henry D. Thoreau, to the technocratic understanding of modern progress. The USA is the world’s leading industrial and economical power, and both its technological standards and its development model appeal to many other countries. Emerson and Thoreau’s skeptical view regarding the technological and scientific influence of North-American progressivism emerges as a warning of the problems confronting the Amazon rainforest, brought on by the sheer magnitude of technological development, the exploitation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous communities.
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Emerson Thoreau Amazónia Colossalismo tecnológico Entendimento tecnocrático do progresso Amazon Technological colossalism Technocratic conception of progress
Citation
Garcia, J.L. & Subtil, F. (2018). Lembrando Emerson e Thoreau para pensar os demónios do progresso na Amazónia. “Nova Revista Amazônica”, 6(nº especial), 9- 26. Consultado em 18 dez.2018. Disponível em https://periodicos.ufpa.br/index.php/nra/article/view/6461/5191