Abstract:
The present article results from a lecture given by professor Michael Löwy at PUC-SP in 1985. The lecture was about Goldmann's works, particularly about the concept of genetic structuralism, inspired by Marx's work, to designate the dialectical method. Genetic structuralism, a broad concept, is understood as a method that seeks to analyze structured totalities, and to observe which the dialectic between the whole and the parts is. Goldmann was influenced by both Lukács's works and Piaget's genetic epistemology. Genetic structuralism emphasizes the historical process of the constitution of the object in its totality, and of the collective subjects'constitution, in which the social classes show centrality. The concept is applied in the particular field of culture, but also as definition of the Social Science method, and it is applied in every field of social knowledge.
Keywords:
Genetic structuralism; History; Social class