The Brazil after 1822:

neither so modern nor so conservative

Abstract

This article deals with the accommodation of ideas in nineteenth - century Brazil, more specifically of the liberals in the economy and how they reverberated in the political environment of the country. There was a gap between theory and practice, for action departed from the idea of ​​the ruling class as an example and focus of the article, the slavery that was criticized by the European liberal discourse, but found resistance among the Brazilian liberals. Thus, liberal ideas, such as free trade, the right to property and individualism, were defended in the economy, however, were rejected when referring to slavery, which persisted in Brazil. To demonstrate this discrepancy between practice x theory, we use Alfredo Bosi, Roberto Schwarz and Carlos Lessa.