Suppositions of the intellectual debate between Florestan Fernandes and Guerreiro Ramos in the decades of 1950 and 1960: two versions of critical theory for the Brazilian society?

• Grant number: 07/02258-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2008
• End date: January 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Sociology of Knowledge
• Principal Investigator: Aluisio Almeida Schumacher
• Grantee: Ricardo Ramos Shiota
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Backed by the debate between Florestan Fernandes and Guerreiro Ramos in the fifties and sixties of the last century concerning the role of sociology and by the idea of critical social theory developed by Horkheimer, this research means to interrogate the existence of two versions of critical theory in the background of each social project for sociology. Following the tree dimensions of critical theory initially construed by Horkheimer, the approach will examine: (a) the use made by each author of foreign sociological theories to construct a Brazilian sociological thought; (b) the account of the present (time) considering its possibilities of transformation; (c) the means to bring about social change connected with the effective action of social agents and institutions.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SHIOTA, Ricardo Ramos. Os pressupostos do debate intelectual entre Floresta Fernandes e Guerreiro Ramos: duas versões de teoria crítica da sociedade brasileira?. 2010. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências. Marília Marília.