Meio Século de Primavera silenciosa: um livro que mudou o mundo

The essay aims at investigating how the work Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, became the founding book of the new environmental movement. Launched in 1962, the work is a warning against the dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides. Although it is today obligatory presence in the bibliography of disciplines aimed at studying the environment, at the time of its release the work was heavily fought against, and its author discredited. This paper seeks to understand how a book that so strongly clashed with common sense could gain legitimacy and become one of the most important cultural products of our time.