Abstract:
Taking into account that 2020 was the year of celebration of the centenary of Celso Furtado's birth, as a simple tribute, in this article we seek to offer a preliminary introduction on the reception of Nietzsche's philosophy in the work of the Brazilian economist. Celso Furtado is one of the most influential thinkers in the field of political economy in Latin America. But no one has yet researched his philosophical dimension of thought. Nevertheless, it is possible to say that he thought economics from a critical-philosophical point of view. To prove this hypothesis, we intend to highlight three conceptual aspects that he appropriated from Nietzsche's philosophy. They are: creativity and / or creation (Schaffung), to think about its role as a driving agent for the development of industrial civilization; the transvalue of all values (Umwerthung aller Werthe), to think about the relevance of moral values to the decision-making centers of the means and ends of capital production and distribution; and perspectivism (Perspektivismus), to think of the economy as a totality composed of multiple structural perspectives.
Keywords:
Nietzsche; reception; Celso Furtado; creativity; moral values; perspectivism