A primeira república brasileira e os projetos relativos à ética do trabalho

Abstract

This article aims to enable a better understanding of labour ethics construction process in Brazil, during the historical period called ‘Primeira Republica’. The strategy adopted by the Republican, Liberal and Positivist projects, along the National State constitution process, is assumed to have, in this article, a primary role in formation process of the concept of citizenship in the public space, differently from colonial past, when it was considered the responsible for the nation immobility. The criticism to unemployment or ‘non-work’ tends to increase in intensity, by the condemnation of those who are incompatible with the models of ethics built up by the projects of the power, or by those who look forward the construction of new concepts of labour, a new identity for labour classes, even though dissonant amongst them. The discussion brought up by this article targets to clarify the transformational nature of the concepts of labour, and most importantly, to clarify the initial idea of labourism during the provisory government of Getúlio Vargas.