This paper works on the connection between the Higher Institute of Brazilian Studies (Instituto Superior de Estudos Brasileiros, ISEB) and the new capital of Brazil, the city of Brasília. We analyse the history of the Institute as well as the works of his professors Alberto Guerreiro Ramos, Hélio Jaguaribe and, above all, the works of Roland Corbisier (director of the Institute between 1955 and 1959). There are many points in common between the Institute and the nationalist ideologies. However, there is much more. By studying the history of the institute, the sociopolitical circunstances of this period and the policy of JK’s government, we conclude that there’s no causal relation among all of these ideas. Actually, there are mutual correspondences and mythical accomplicity among all of these social actors around the general theme of nation's building.
ISEB; Brasília's city; Brazil; developmental nationalist ideology