Cadernos Ultramares seeks to present Brazilian culture and thought in a qualified way, through volumes bringing together important essays by renowned authors in different areas of knowledge. Jorge Mautner is one of the most original contemporary thinkers in Brazil. In the three essays collected in this volume, and originally published in the 1973 book "Fragments of Soap", Mautner reflects on the cultural environment of the time, such as the Tropicália and the counterculture.