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A Revolução Burguesa no Brasil [The Bourgeois Revolution in Brazil]: 50 Years of a Difficult Classic

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  • André Botelho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-9040
    • Conceptualization
    • Data Curation
    • Funding Acquisition
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Antonio Brasil Jr. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-668X
    • Conceptualization
    • Data Curation
    • Funding Acquisition
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.14171

Keywords:

interpretations of Brazil, Brazilian sociology, democratic transition, Florestan Fernandes

Abstract

The essay discusses the book A Revolução Burguesa no Brasil on its fiftieth anniversary. It argues in favor of Florestan Fernandes' book's status as a classic, and more than that for the topicality of his thesis on bourgeois autocracy. A brief comparison with Raymundo Faoro's Os donos do poder seeks to clarify the adverse reception conditions of Florestan's book in the context of the democratic transition that was taking place at the time.

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Author Biographies

André Botelho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Doutor em Ciências Sociais (Unicamp, 2002). Professor Titular do departamento de Sociologia da UFRJ e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Antropologia (PPGSA) da UFRJ. Pesquisador do CNPq, Cientista do Nosso Estado da FAPERJ e do INCT Instituto Igualdade. É autor de Helô Teixeira: crítica como vida (2024). E-mail: andrebotelho@digirotas.com.br. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-9040

Antonio Brasil Jr., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Doutor em Sociologia (UFRJ, 2011). Professor associado do Departamento de Sociologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Antropologia (PPGSA) da UFRJ. Editor Executivo da revista Sociologia & Antropologia (2020-2024), Bolsista de Produtividade do CNPq (PQ-2) e Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado (JCNE/Faperj). É autor de Passagens para a teoria sociológica: Florestan Fernandes e Gino Germani (2013). E-mail: antoniobrasiljr@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-668X

Posted

11/19/2025

How to Cite

A Revolução Burguesa no Brasil [The Bourgeois Revolution in Brazil]: 50 Years of a Difficult Classic. (2025). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.14171

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