A Conception of the World in Celso Furtado

Marcos Costa Lima

International Journal of Political Economy, 2014, vol. 43, issue 4, 82-95

Abstract: This article presents an almost unknown aspect of the Brazilian economist Celso Furtado that goes far beyond his more evident economic and social considerations on underdevelopment, to the fields of culture, philosophy, and environment. In this sense, he is one of the most important and distinguished authors of Brazilian political thought. The influence of the German sociologist Karl Manheim in his work is analyzed, in addition to those of Hegel and Marx. Finally, the text deepens two relevant issues in Furtado’s work: (i) the construction of a systemic vision and (ii) the critical monitoring of the development, processing, and ruptures in the intellectual production of the contemporary West. Strong and new insights are revealed in his analysis of creativity and dependence on industrial civilization.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/08911916.2014.1002697

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