The text examines Alberto Torres' work, stressing its core themes: authoritarianism and nationalism. It emphasizes the innovative character of the work when it questions racial theories then present in Brazilian culture and stressing the need to take as starting point the empirical study of Brazilian reality. It also studies the impact of the author's ideas as well as their importance for the creation of a Brazilian authoritarian thinking and the construction of nationalist ideas.
Authoritarianism; Nationalism; Modernity