DEVELOPMENT, POLITICS, AND RACE IN BRAZILIAN SOCIAL THOUGHT: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GILBERTO FREYRE, CLÓVIS MOURA, CAIO PRADO JR., FLORESTAN FERNANDES, AND FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO

Abstract

The article aims to discuss the ideas of development, politics, and race in Brazil through Brazilian social thought, analyzing the contributions of the authors Gilberto Freyre, Clóvis Moura, Caio Prado Jr. and Florestan Fernandes, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. These authors discuss the formation of Brazilian society from culturalist and critical thinking. The methodology of the research was qualitative and bibliographic, opting for authors who unveil the economic, social, political, and racial formation of Brazil. The analysis of Brazilian society states that the concept of race and racism have conditioned social, political, and economic development, generating social and racial inequalities.