A sociologia latino-americana na Guerra Fria Cultural: Florestan Fernandes, Aldo Solari e o Ilari / Latin American sociology in the Cultural Cold War: Florestan Fernandes, Aldo Solari, and ILARI

Resumo O que a colaboração entre Florestan Fernandes, Aldo Solari e o Instituto Latino-americano de Relações Internacionais, órgão do Congresso pela Liberdade da Cultura, explica sobre as ideias do sociólogo entre 1969 e 1972? A análise de documentos oficiais do instituto e correspondências e textos de Florestan e Solari sugere que esse episódio revela um sociólogo preocupado com a manutenção de espaços científicos num continente marcado pelo autoritarismo, o que permite matizar a periodização entre fases "acadêmico-reformista" e "político-revolucionária". Argumenta-se que, do ponto de vista do instituto, a parceria com Florestan era crucial para produzir legitimidade intelectual para suas ações.

Abstract What does the collaboration between the sociologist Florestan Fernandes, Aldo Solari, and the Latin American Institute of International Relations (ILARI), an organ of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, tell us about Fernandes's thinking between 1969 and 1972? The analysis of official ILARI documents and correspondence and texts by Fernandes and Solari suggests that this episode reveals Fernandes's concern with defending space for science on a continent marked by authoritarianism, thereby enabling a more nuanced understanding of his trajectory than one marked by two distinct phases, "reformist-academic" and "revolutionary-political." From ILARI's perspective, the partnership with Fernandes is revealed as critical in lending its actions intellectual legitimacy.

História da sociologia como campo de pesquisa e algumas tendências recentes do pensamento social brasileiro / The history of sociology as a field of research and some recent trends in Brazilian social thought

Resumo O artigo estabelece as bases para um diálogo entre os estudiosos do pensamento social brasileiro e os historiadores da sociologia como disciplina. Para atingir esse objetivo, analiso os desenvolvimentos recentes no campo da história da sociologia, destacando a incorporação de métodos historiográficos e a emergência de uma abordagem transnacional, que aponta para o projeto de uma história global da disciplina. Critico os limites eurocêntricos desse campo e argumento que as tendências recentes de pesquisa na área do pensamento social brasileiro podem ajudar a superar tal limitação. Finalmente, analiso brevemente os obstáculos que impedem tal diálogo e aponto possíveis estratégias para superá-los.

Abstract The article lays the foundation for a dialog between scholars of Brazilian social thought and historians of sociology as a discipline. In order to achieve this objective, I analyze recent developments in the field of the history of sociology, highlighting the incorporation of historiographic methods and the emergence of a transnational approach, which points toward a global history of the discipline. I criticize the Eurocentric limits of this field and argue that recent research trends in the area of Brazilian social thought can help overcome this limitation. Finally, I briefly analyze the obstacles that impede this dialog and indicate possible strategies for overcoming them.

As ideias que fazem o estado andar: imaginação espacial, pensamento brasileiro e território no Brasil Central / Ideas that move the state: spatial imagination, Brazilian thought, and territory in Central Brazil / Les idées qui font avancer l'etat: imagination spatiale, pensée brésilienne et territoire du Brésil Central

This article discusses the relationship between state ideas and practices based on a case study of the Fundação Brasil Central (FBC), an agency created by the Estado Novo regime in 1943 and whose activities extended until 1967. The hypothesis is that Brazilian social thought should be analyzed as a cultural repertoire that produces effects on social life and the state. The article thus analyzes material from the FBC archives and travel records, geopolitical treatises, and other text sources published from the First Republic through the initial years of the Vargas Era. The aim is to show how narratives on Central Brazil shaped the language and practice of public administration.

Cet article discute le rapport entre les idées et pratiques des états à partir d'une étude de cas centrée sur la Fundação Brasil Central (FBC), institution créée par l'Estado Novo en 1943 et dont les activités se sont prolongées jusqu'en 1967. L'hypothèse est qu'on doit analyser la pensée sociale brésilienne comme un répertoire culturel qui produit des effets sur la vie sociale et sur l'Etat. Pour cela, l'article analyse un matériel d'archives de la FBC et des livres de voyage ainsi que des traités de géopolitique et d'autres sources de textes publiés au long de la Première République et dans les premières années de l'Ere Vargas. Le but est de montrer comment des récits sur le Brésil central ont configuré le langage et la pratique bureaucratique.

Espaço e pensamento brasileiro: a Rússia americana nos escritos de Euclides da Cunha e Vicente Licínio Cardoso / Space and Brazilian thinking: the American Russia in the writing of Euclides da Cunha and Vicente Licínio Cardoso

The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of space in the Brazilian social imagination. My working hypothesis is that the spatial images contained in some of the reflections by "interpreters of Brazil", like the Amazonian writings of Euclides da Cunha and the incipient comparative sociology of Vicente Licínio Cardoso, are not related to an essentialist search for a fixed cultural identity, but to a vision of a national civilizing process that highlights the pragmatism and openness of this experience. I contend that the "land", as outlined by these figures, approaches Brazilian society to other national formations - Russia and America -, thereby shaping a political sociology from the periphery.

Dans ce travail, on veut discuter la question de l'espace dans l'imaginaire brésilien. On part de l'hypothèse que les images spatiales trouvées chez quelques-uns des "interprètes du Brésil" - dans les textes amazoniens d'Euclides da Cunha et les débuts de la sociologie comparée de Vicente Licínio Cardoso - ne tiennent pas de la recherche essentialiste d'une identité culturelle fixe, mais plutôt d'une optique du processus civilisateur brésilien, qui met l'accent sur le pragmatisme et la dimension ouverte de cette expérience. On avance que la conception de "terre", telle que l'ébauchent ces personnages, rapproche la société brésilienne de celle d'autres pays - Russie et États-Unis - ce qui déboucherait sur une sociologie politique de la périphérie.