Jessé Souza and the interpretation of the "Brazilian dilemma"

Authors

  • Fabiana Luci de Oliveira Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2009v6n1p116

Abstract

The process of configuration and modernization of the State and society in Brazil is an appealing theme in the Brazilian social theory. This subject is approached here by the interpretation that Jessé Souza gives of the so-called “Brazilian dilemma” and of the “sociology of inaccuracy”, which interprets that dilemma. The contributions and gaps in that author's work are nominated, leading to the conclusion that the dilemma of the Brazilian modernization persists.

Keywords:  State; Society; Modernization; Inaccuracy.

Author Biography

Fabiana Luci de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutora em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos.

Published

2009-07-02

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Section

Articles