Furtado: A Northeast-Inspired Life

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.51.1.d06

Abstract

The importance of Celso Furtado for Brazilian history after World War II has been widely studied and recognized. The academic rigor, coupled with the tireless effort to promote a policy aimed at regional development of the Northeast and the country, has given it international notoriety. However, I try to show in this essay that Furtado had something earlier that served as his first motivation. I refer to the experience as a child in the Paraíba backlands. Something that impressed him well what described by João Cabral de Melo Neto: education by the stone, ingrained. Moreover, the social context, typical of the 1950s, instigated in Brazil the desire for change, motivated by Juscelino Kubitschek and characters such as Dom Hélder Câmara and Victor Nunes Leal to the fight against oligarchic structures. Thus, we seek to explore the relationship between individual and society and their developments in the political field, highlighting the importance and timeliness of Furtado.

Keywords: childhood; individual / society relationship; development; regional identity

Author Biography

Luciano Albino, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Possui graduação em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (1999), mestrado em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília (2002) e doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2010). Professor adjunto da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba no departamento de Ciências Sociais, onde leciona Teoria Antropológica e Etnologia Brasileira para o curso de Licenciatura em Sociologia. Pró-Reitor de Planejamento da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba. É credenciado como professor permanente no Mestrado em Desenvolvimento Regional -UEPB.

Published

2020-03-01

How to Cite

Albino, L. (2020). Furtado: A Northeast-Inspired Life. Revista De Ciências Sociais (Social Sciences’ Journal), 51(1), 195–220. https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.51.1.d06

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Dossiê: Centenário de Celso Furtado