ResumoEm meados do século XVIII os Guarani das reduções escreveram com frequên-cia, documentos em que expressam um pensamento político próprio. Nesses textos é possível observar sua capacidade de agir, mas também sua percepção dos acontecimentos em curso por meio de um pensamento em guarani. Essa autonomia indígena, em um momento de contestação política, estava embasada nas teorias que pautaram a sua instrução e que paradoxalmente serviram para justificar ações em defesa dos seus interesses, devidamente amparados nos valores da monarquia católica. Palavras-chave: escrita indígena; Reduções Guaranis; pensamento político.
AbstractBy the middle of eighteen century, the Guarani from the reductions frequently wrote their own documents in which were expressed their very political thoughts. Through these texts it is possible to observe not only their action capacity but also their perception of the events in progress by a Guarani way of thinking. This indigenous autonomy, in a moment of political contestation, was based upon the theories which they were taught and which paradoxically served to justify their actions on defending their interests, properly supported on the catholic monarchy values.
The authors underline the importance of the print Ara poru aguĭyey haba (meaning about the good use of time) for the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and the colonial Río de la Plata. Attributed to Father José Insaurralde, it is a two-volume devotional text entirely written in Guaraní that was published in Madrid in 1759 and 1760. Until now, literature has only approached the Ara poru in a superficial and external way, because it is written in a different way from the current ones. The unpublished translation of the summary and two preliminary warnings to readers reveal that it follows the structure of Ignacio de Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. The authors of this article demonstrate that by the mid-eighteenth century, the Jesuit project was to produce an indigenous reader and devotee in the modern sense (individual reading and personal transformation).
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