A luta anticolonial e de classes no pensamento de Vicente Salles

Abstract

Vicente Juarimbu Salles was born in Igarapé-Açu, Pará, in 1931, graduated in science in 1966 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and died in 2013. He was a historian, anthropologist, and folklorist, considered one of the most important intellectuals of the 20th century. This essay seeks to highlight the class struggle and the anti-colonial struggle in his thought in light of some of his texts, highlighting themes such as the Cabanagem (Brazilian settlement), Black people, and Marxism, in the context of the provinces of Maranhão and Grão-Pará in the 19th century. My reflections indicate that his thought was aligned with decolonial issues, placing the subjects marginalized and silenced by the colonial process at the center of his studies.