To love an author: Marxists in Brazilian universities and the “interpreters of Brazil”

Abstract

Marxists working in Brazilian universities have answered a questionnaire with 59 questions. One of them asked: “Which authors/interpreters in Brazil are you most interested in?” Based on the answers to this question, a ranking was prepared with the predilections for certain authors. This article aims to identify the principle that rises from the double choice of this ranking: that of Marxists for certains “interpreters” and that of certains “interpreters” for Marxists. To this end, it carries out a sociological characterization of the respondents and the respondents, as well as the representation that the latter share about the former.

Keywords:
Historical sociology of social sciences; Sociology of intellectuals; History of marxism; Brazilian social and political thought; Universities