O movimento Hare Krishna no Brasil
With a little over 300 pages, the book introduces the reader to the movement through historical and sociological considerations. It then presents a recovery of the memory of the first years of Hare Krishna in the country. This recovery precedes an analysis of the presence of women in the tradition a...
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Editora Universitária da UNILA - EDUNILA
2025
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| Accesso online: | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166685 |
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| Riassunto: | With a little over 300 pages, the book introduces the reader to the movement through historical and sociological considerations. It then presents a recovery of the memory of the first years of Hare Krishna in the country. This recovery precedes an analysis of the presence of women in the tradition and a study of the actions developed by the movement that go beyond “mantras and temples,” such as educational initiatives carried out in an ecovillage located in Caruaru (PE).
Specifically regarding the Brazil–Paraguay–Argentina border region—where UNILA and its University Press are located—the work includes a chapter that analyzes border culture and the Hare Krishna movement between Foz do Iguaçu (BR), Ciudad del Este (PY), and Puerto Iguazú (AR). Developed by Júlio da Silveira Moreira, professor at UNILA, the analysis is based on the thesis that the movement has its own transcultural and transnational character, as it affirms universal values and principles such as the centrality of a cosmic order governed by a universal god—features examined in the text with reference to the population flows and transnational movements of the Triple Border.
It is surprising, for example, to learn that “the first devotees” to circulate in the region were book distributors of Hare Krishna literature, known as sankirtaneiros. Coming from the Argentine cities of Buenos Aires and Córdoba, they headed to the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, where the first community in the neighboring country was formed back in the 1970s. Soon after, the scope expanded to Ciudad del Este, where a temple and a restaurant were established. More recently, the center of congregation and regular activities in the neighboring city “has historically been shaped by various movements and sociocultural displacements” that involve all three countries.
In addition to enabling this cross-border flow, the Hare Krishna Movement has also generated a transnational flow, as it regularly receives visits from devotees from many countries |
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