Posse privada de livros, práticas de leitura e cultura jurídica na São Paulo Oitocentista. A biblioteca da João Theodoro Xavier
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2018-08-08
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Universidad Finis Terrae
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0719-997X
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A formação de um público leitor mais consistente e do mercado livreiro em São Paulo, durante o século XIX, foram inaugurados com a instalação da Academia de Direito, em 1827. Criada com o objetivo explícito de formar as elites dirigentes e burocráticas do novo país, a Faculdade foi palco de intensos debates intelectuais e políticos que, de alguma forma, ilustravam bem as tensões e disputas em torno dos projetos para o novo Estado nacional e, alguns anos mais tarde, para a República brasileira. Seus professores e alunos formavam, majoritariamente, o público leitor da pequena cidade –fato indicado pela análise das bibliotecas privadas presentes nos inventários post-mortemdo período. João Theodoro Xavier foi aluno e professor da Academia de Direito de São Paulo, ocupou cargos públicos, atuou no Legislativo e foi presidente dessa Província entre 1872-1875. Como Lente Catedrático, ele redigiu um compêndio de Direito Natural para servir de base para o ensino da disciplina, no qual, mais do que estabelecer as bases que deveriam reger o Direito, o autor formulou suas concepções sobre a sociedade, posicionando-se nos debates e inquietações do período. A análise desse documento, junto com o exame de sua biblioteca particular e de sua atuação como governante da Província, possibilitou a compreensão da dinâmica da posse privada de livros através dos inventários post-mortem e dos mecanismos de leitura e apropriação de textos.
The formation of a solid reading public and book market in Sao Paulo in the nineteenth century started with the establishment of the Law School in 1827. The Law School was created in order to form the ruling and bureaucraticelites of the new country. The School has held highly intelectual and political debates that, somehow, illustrated the tensions and disputes among different projects for the new national State, that some years later would be the Brazilian Republic. The School's professors and students were the majority of the reading public in the little city of Sao Paulo, which is indicated by the analysis of private libraries in the post-mortem inventories of that period. João Theodoro Xavier was a student and a professor in the Law School of Sao Paulo. He hold public offices, took part in the Legislative Power and was president of Sao Paulo Province between 1872 and 1875. As professor, he wrote a Compendium about Natural Rights to set the general guidelines for the Law course, but more than that in this book he expressed his understanding of society, taking part in the debates and questions that rose around that time. The analysis of the Compendium, of his private library and of his activities in the government of Sao Paulo Province allowed the comprehension of reading habits, text apropriation and the dynamics of private book possession using the post-mortem inventories
The formation of a solid reading public and book market in Sao Paulo in the nineteenth century started with the establishment of the Law School in 1827. The Law School was created in order to form the ruling and bureaucraticelites of the new country. The School has held highly intelectual and political debates that, somehow, illustrated the tensions and disputes among different projects for the new national State, that some years later would be the Brazilian Republic. The School's professors and students were the majority of the reading public in the little city of Sao Paulo, which is indicated by the analysis of private libraries in the post-mortem inventories of that period. João Theodoro Xavier was a student and a professor in the Law School of Sao Paulo. He hold public offices, took part in the Legislative Power and was president of Sao Paulo Province between 1872 and 1875. As professor, he wrote a Compendium about Natural Rights to set the general guidelines for the Law course, but more than that in this book he expressed his understanding of society, taking part in the debates and questions that rose around that time. The analysis of the Compendium, of his private library and of his activities in the government of Sao Paulo Province allowed the comprehension of reading habits, text apropriation and the dynamics of private book possession using the post-mortem inventories
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