Lusotopia como Ecumene

Abstract

* na escrita deste ensaio estou especificamente endividado a Mónica Chan, omar ribeiro thomaz, Michel Cahen, Hermínio Martins, Wilson trajano Filho, rui graça Feijó, Cristiana Bastos por me ter chamado a atenção para a obra de Ulf Hannerz há muitos anos atrás, e a Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte pelas suas valiosas críticas. nenhum deles, porém, poderá ser responsabilizado pela tosca forma que decidi dar ao argumento.

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