%0 Journal Article %T A teoria da hist¨®ria como hermen¨ºutica da historiografia: uma interpreta£¿£¿o de Do Imp¨¦rio ¨¤ Rep¨²blica, de S¨¦rgio Buarque de Holanda %A Assis %A Arthur %J Revista Brasileira de Hist¨®ria %D 2010 %I Associa??o Nacional de Hist¨®ria - ANPUH %R 10.1590/S0102-01882010000100006 %X this text features an interpretation of from the empire to the republic, the book by s¨¦rgio buarque de holanda that re-enacts brazil's late 19th century political history. based on concepts developed by the historical theorist j£¿rn r¨¹sen, the article delves particularly into three aspects of the aforementioned book: the theoretical artefacts structuring the interpretation of the crisis of the brazilian monarchy; the narrative patterns deployed so as to make sense of that past experience; and the orientation context that functions as source of criteria of sense/meaning for both interpretation and representation. this analysis intends to illustrate that historical theory is not only a means to abstractly explore the complex questions connected to the production of historical knowledge, but also a tool for obtaining concrete images about the intellectual practice of professional historians. %K theory of history %K historiography %K j£¿rn r¨¹sen %K s¨¦rgio buarque de holanda. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-01882010000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en