ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the Celso Furtado’s interpretation of the 1964 Brazilian Coup and the effects related to military governments in Brazil. Using philological methods, this study discusses the work of Furtado, written between 1962 and 2004, considering three approaches: (a) the political rupture as an outgrowth of underdevelopment; (b) the effects of the globalization processes and the role of a hegemonic external government for the Brazilian policy; and (c) the structural maladjustments among the Brazilian Center-South and Northeast. At the end, this paper also proposes that Furtado is an important author to be considered for the historiographic debate related to Military Dictatorship.
KEYWORDS
Brazilian social thought; Civil-military Coup; Celso Furtado