Florestan Fernandes’ Critical Sociology: A Social Theory of Brazil and Latin America

Author:   Diogo Valença de Azevedo Costa (Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil) ,  Eliane Veras Soares (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032405605


Pages:   194
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Florestan Fernandes’ Critical Sociology: A Social Theory of Brazil and Latin America


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This book intends to familiarise the reader with the political and sociological thought of Florestan Fernandes, covering the range of his research themes and socialist militancy between the 1940s and 1990s. Considered the founding father of sociology in Brazil, Florestan Fernandes’ work is essential for an understanding of the historical and political dilemmas of Brazilian and Latin American societies. His main themes encompass research on folklore, indigenous peoples, race relations between blacks and whites, sociological theory, education, underdevelopment, dependence, Latin American dictatorships and the Brazilian “re- democratization” after 1980, providing a new interpretation of Latin America from the point of view of the lumpen social strata. Following Mannheim’s inspiration, the present work is inserted in the field of sociology of knowledge. It takes an original approach to the ideas of Florestan Fernandes based on the notion of a lumpen thought style. This book is a key resource for readers learning about the history of the social sciences in Latin America, and about the political dilemmas of Latin American societies.

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Author:   Diogo Valença de Azevedo Costa (Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil) ,  Eliane Veras Soares (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781032405605


ISBN 10:   1032405600
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   10 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Diogo Valença de Azevedo Costa is Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). His research interests are the sociology of knowledge, sociological theory, sociological thought in the Third World (specifically Latin America and Africa) and Marxism in Latin America. He has contributed as editor and author of chapters in the collective work Florestan Fernandes: trajetória, memórias e dilemas do Brasil (2021). Eliane Veras Soares is Full Professor at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). She is interested in the area of social thought in Brazil. She is the author of Florestan Fernandes, o militante solitário (1997) and co- editor of the book Florestan Fernandes: trajetória, memórias e dilemas do Brasil (2021).

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