Controversies about History, Development and Revolution in Brazil Economic Thought in Critical Interpretation (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 211)

Controversies about History, Development and Revolution in Brazil is a critical history of Brazilian economic thought from the perspective of the country's own historical and political development in the 20th century bringing into question its consequences in the present day. Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction and Warning to the Reader -- 1 An Approach to the History of the Brazilian Republic -- Bibliographic References -- Part 1 How to Tell the History - Method, Thought and Versions in Dispute -- Chapter 1 Methodological Elements for the Organization of the History of Brazilian Economic Thought: The Approach of Controversies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Controversy as a Key to Reading History of Thought -- 2.1 Historical Materialism and Dialectics -- 2.2 The Perception of the History of Thought as an Object of the Approach of Controversies -- 3 Controversy in History of Brazilian Economic Thought (hbet) -- 4 Incorporating the Contribution of Interpreters of Brazil to the History of Brazilian Economic Thought (hbet) -- 5 Final Considerations -- Bibliographic References -- Chapter 2 Interpreters of Brazil: Influences on the Origin of Brazilian Economic Thought -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Notion of Interpreter of Brazil -- 3 The First Generation of Interpreters: Abolitionists and Workers -- 4 The Second Generation (1920s/30s): Demiurges and the Centrality of Social Relations of Production -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliographic References -- Chapter 3 Controversy on the Economic History of Brazil: Roberto Simonsen, Caio Prado Jr. and Celso Furtado -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Roberto Simonsen: Interpretation of Production Cycles -- 3 Caio Prado Jr: Marxist Interpretation of Brazil -- 4 Celso Furtado: Structuralist Interpretation of Brazil -- 5 Review of the Controversy -- Bibliographic References -- Part 2 Revolution, Development and Democracy: The Story of a Brazil That Could Have Been Controversies about History, Development and Revolution in Brazil is a critical exploration of the history of Brazilian economic thought in the light of the country's own historical and political development. Editors Maria Malta, Jaime León, Carla Curty and Bruno Borja present an analytical interpretation of the facts, which reveals the power of debates constructing a genuinely Brazilian contribution to world economic thought on development, democracy, history, dependency, and revolution. Resulting from 10 years of collective research, this book incorporates a new methodological proposal stemming from the strength and resilience of public research financed by the Brazilian people in quest of their own formative interpretation. Contributors are: Bruno Borja, Carla Curty, Filipe Leite, Jaime León, Maria Malta, Larissa Mazolli, Alfredo Saad-Filho, and Wilson Vieira. Controversies about History, Development and Revolution in Brazil is a critical exploration of the history of Brazilian economic thought in the light of the country's own historical and political development. Editors Maria Malta, Jaime Leon, Carla Curty and Bruno Borja present an analytical interpretation of the facts which reveals the power of debates constructing a genuinely Brazilian contribution to world economic thought on development, democracy, history, dependency, and revolution. Resulting from 10 years of collective research, this book incorporates a new methodological proposal stemming from the strength and resilience of public research financed by the Brazilian people in quest of their own formative interpretation. Contributors are: Maria Malta, Jaime León, Carla Curty, Bruno Borja, Filipe Leite, Wilson Vieira, Larissa Mazolli, and Alfredo Saad-Filho