Celso Furtado as 'Romantic Economist' from Brazil's Sertão

Celso Furtado como Economista Romântico do Sertão

Jonas Rama (jonas.rama@etu.univ-paris1.fr) and John Hall (hallj@pdx.edu)
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Jonas Rama: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UP1 UFR02 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - École d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
John Hall: PSU - Portland State University [Portland]

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Abstract: In The Romantic Economist (2009), Richard Bronk laments that Enlightenment thinking dominated Economics during its formation as a science. As counterpoint, the 'Romantic Movement' had much to offer but remained peripheral. Consequently Economics embraced the centrality of rationality and other Enlightenment precepts, leading to a 'socialphysics'. Meanwhile human characteristics such; as sentiments, imagination and creativity were eschewed. While Bronk fails to identify an in-the-flesh 'Romantic Economist', our inquiry seeks to establish that indeed Celso Furtado qualifies. Profoundly influenced by his sensitivities and attachment to place, Furtado relies upon an organic metaphor - o sertão nordestino - for insights into complex developmental processes.

Keywords: Brazil; Celso Furtado; Richard Bronk; romantic movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Revista de Economia Política, 2019, 39 (4), pp.658-674. ⟨10.1590/0101-31572019-3021⟩

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DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572019-3021

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