Régys Borges da SilveiraBooks
History & Belonging
When does an opinion become part of who we are?
As raízes dos lados
Como história, cultura e religião dão forma às identidades políticas
Discover the paths that connect people to ideas and how much of a life story remains outside a label.
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About the book
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As raízes dos lados starts with a human question: what do we say about ourselves when we claim a side? It explores how histories, experiences, and relationships connect people to ideas and shape recognition. Its journey crosses Brazil, other societies, and different periods, remaining attentive to the people behind the labels.
Belonging is the guiding thread: trust, fear, hope, solidarity, and the desire for recognition enter our encounters with ideas and movements. Accessible language and attention to evidence illuminate differences within each camp, extremes, and changes in identification. The book invites readers to understand the paths behind a conviction without choosing a side for them. Understanding a position neither justifies it nor erases differences between people.
The challenge
Does this situation sound familiar?
A family conversation changes tone. Friends who share so many experiences discover that they want different futures. Naming someone's side seems to explain the distance, yet leaves a question: what paths brought each person there?
The book’s approach
A path from intention to practice.
Follow the history of ideas and everyday encounters that contribute to our convictions. Family, work, faith, culture, and expectations help us understand belonging without automatically determining what a person thinks.
“Our sides have a history. So do our convictions.”
By the end of the book, you will be able to:
✓Understand how the names of sides change through history
✓Recognize connections between life experiences and convictions
✓Distinguish agreement, conviction, and belonging
✓Notice differences among people sharing a label
✓Examine arguments, contexts, and consequences more carefully
✓Revisit the history of your convictions without an imposed conclusion
Questions that guide the reading
Answers begin with the right questions.
Questions explored through context, criteria, and examples.
How do family, work, culture, and religion relate to our convictions?
What does a label reveal and leave out about a person?
Why do people stay, change, or stop identifying with a side?
Inside the book
A structured journey that helps you move forward.
Concepts and applications presented in a coherent sequence.
The history of our sides
Explore disputes over authority, preservation, and change in which positions acquired names and gathered movements.
Family and early reference points
Look closely at family life, education, and relationships where trust and justice gain meaning.
Work and expectations
Follow how work, property, and future prospects enter interpretations of shared life.
Faith, culture, and recognition
Investigate beliefs, customs, and community relationships without reducing people to their religion.
Brazilian experiences
Examine the formation of order and opportunities for participation in Brazil while preserving historical differences.
Differences, extremes, and change
Explore differences between people sharing a side, the limits of identification, and the paths of people reconsidering their relationships.
Content in preparation
Planned book structure
Explore the 4 parts and 15 planned chapters. Titles may be refined during editorial review.
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Part I — How sides emerge
- Who can govern?
- When order comes into question
- How positions acquire names
- From ideas to movements
Part II — How ideas become belonging
- The politics we encounter at home
- Work, property, and expectations
- Faith, customs, and conceptions of justice
- When a position becomes part of who we are
Part III — How these divisions formed in Brazil
- How Brazilian order was built
- Who could participate in political life
- The Brazilian meanings of sides
- How we reached today's identifications
Part IV — What our sides explain and leave out
- How many positions fit within a side?
- What makes a position extreme?
- Why does someone change or stop choosing a side?
What makes this book different
Depth to understand. Clarity to keep moving forward.
Belonging and human experience as the guiding thread
A focus on people without choosing a side for the reader
Brazilian history in dialogue with other societies and periods
Attention to evidence, differences, and explanatory limits
Who this book is for
Knowledge that becomes action.
Readers interested in the histories, experiences, and relationships that give meaning to our convictions will find a direct approach connected to concrete problems.
✓ People seeking to understand differences in everyday conversations✓ Readers interested in history, culture, and human relationships✓ People exploring the history of their convictions✓ Beginners and readers wishing to deepen existing knowledge
Before you begin
What you need to benefit from the book
✓No specialist background in history or social studies is required
✓Concepts unfold through the narrative, welcoming beginners and readers with established convictions
An informed choice
This may not be the right book if…
—Readers seeking ready-made arguments to win disputes or dismiss people who think differently
—Readers expecting a formula for classifying people or declaring all sides equivalent
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