International Dimension of Celso Furtado's Work

Abstract

This article aims to consider the work of Brazilian economist Celso Furtado as an internationalist. Through the analysis of several of his books, we come to the conclusion that the issues addressed by Furtado - the world political economy, development and underdevelopment, the dynamics of capitalism, science and technology, military investments, financialization and crises, including environmental crisis - are relevant themes that deal with the nature of political economy. The second part of the article introduces a theoretical reflection on why is there no non-Western theories in international relations? For that, we use the thought of authors of authors such as Amitab Acharya, Achille Mbembe, Partha Chatterjee, Robert Cox among others, who, along with Celso Furtado, represent a knowledge and narratives of greater diversity and global cultural expression.