Afrânio Garcia

A dependência da política: Fernando Henrique Cardoso e a sociologia no Brasil

This article analyzes Fernando Henrique Cardosos social, intellectual and professional trajectory in order to understand the different social resources and personal dispositions carried out in his career as sociologist or in his activities as a professional politician. It seeks to prove that the social capitals and the dispositions that might explain his prestige as researcher and professor of social sciences were very different from those required in the political domain, the ones allowing his fast rise to be the president of the Republic. After having examined his family origins, it focuses his scholar investments and the choice of the sociologists occupation, a promising career suddenly blocked by the 1964 military coup. The exile encouraged new initiatives and brought him international appraisal, this moment being crowned with his access to the chair of political science at the University of Sao Paulo; the AI-5 enforced by the military rulers will enable him to assume a double condition, as social scientist and as an important opposition leader facing the military. Finally, it analyzes how he was able to reconvert his social and personal resources into the political profession.

Circulation internationale et formation d’une “ecole de pensee” latino-americaine (1945-2000)

Study abroad has long been a favorite strategy of the Latin American ruling classes for acquiring the credentials that will win them a choice position among the elites of their native country. The growth of the “globalization” theme has reinforced the importance of foreign study as a sort of attestation of one’s capacity for international mobility, thus increasing the interest of studies on the international circulation of academics, which enhance our understanding of the changes in science on a global scale. This article discusses the relative importance of the circulation of social science doctoral students and researchers inside and outside Latin America. It examines the statistics on the countries chosen by Brazilian doctoral candidates and shows that their choice of Latin American countries has dropped off in the last 15 years. This contrasts sharply with the importance of Santiago (Chile), headquarters of the CEPAL and home of the theories on development and dependence of Latin American countries. A study of the social trajectories of the economist Celso Furtado and the sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso makes it possible to analyze the social and cultural capital invested in the work of the CEPAL and the emergence of the theoretical tools constructed through the use of the concepts of development and dependence. However, Pinochet’s 1973 coup d’état seems to have tarnished Santiago’s appeal as one of Latin America’s top-ranking cosmopolitan centers.

A sociologia rural no Brasil: entre escravos do passado e parceiros do futuro

O trabalho examina os diferentes itinerarios seguidos por descendentes dos senhores, proprietarios de haciendas ou de grandes plantacoes integradas ao mercado internacional, e descendentes de escravos ou de camponeses submetidos a relacoes de subordinacao, numa perspectiva da cidadania politica. A analise abrange a grande lavoura como matriz da sociabilidade hierarquica herdada da epoca colonial, os principais fatores responsaveis pela quebra das condicoes de existencia da dominacao tradicional, as modalidades de desenraizamento do campesinato brasileiro e as mobilizacoes promovidas pelo movimento dos sem-terra e da busca de novas formas de enraizamento social e cultural de camadas desfavorecidas.

Mobilité Universitaire et Circulation Internationale des Idées. Le Cas du Brésil Contemporain

In Brazil, considerable changes have affected the fields of social sciences and humanities. The growing number of advanced students studying abroad after the 1960s and later the creation of PhD programs have turned the road to national political power into an international one. As a result, academic fields have evolved and Elite formation has largely been transformed. Using these elements as a contextual framework, this article seeks to analyze the recent dynamics of the debate over the political and economic evolution of Brazil.

Abdelmalek Sayad au Brésil. Les migrations, objet de choix pour comprendre les transformations du monde social

Abdelmalek Sayad a effectue deux missions au Bresil au debut des annees quatre-vingt-dix. A son contact, les chercheurs bresiliens ont prolonge les questionnements souleves avec Pierre Bourdieu dans les annees cinquante et soixante. Melant ses observations et ses enquetes a un dialogue incessant avec sa propre condition de migrant, il a contribue a renouveler la pratique sociologique et la conception de l’immigration au Bresil. Grâce a la distance qu’offre une terre etrangere, l’experience du deracinement peut se lire comme une tentative pour redeployer ses racines.