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Copyright Universidade de Brasilia, Departamento de Sociologia - SOL/UnB May/Aug 2011

Abstract

The question that I address in this article is the following: how does one engage in contemporary theoretical debates departing from studies of the so-called Brazilian social thought? In order to answer this question, I argue that it is necessary to articulate Brazilian social thought scholarship to current debates which criticize eurocentrism and sustain the need for alternative discourses from the Global South as well. I also argue that it is important to put the history of Brazilian social thought into the wider context of a transnational history of the peripheral thought. I analyze Brazilian sociologist Guerreiro Ramos as a case-study in order to expand on this thread.

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Title
Ao sul da teoria: a atualidade teórica do pensamento social brasileiro
Author
Maia, João Marcelo E
Section
Dossiê:Pensamento Social Brasileiro e Latinoamericano
Publication year
2011
Publication date
May/Aug 2011
Publisher
Universidade de Brasilia, Departamento de Sociologia - SOL/UnB
ISSN
01026992
e-ISSN
19805462
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1553431122
Copyright
Copyright Universidade de Brasilia, Departamento de Sociologia - SOL/UnB May/Aug 2011