O desenvolvimento econômico em Celso Furtado: da superação do subdesenvolvimento à construção do mito
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2021-03-09
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Costa, Hugo Jefferson da Silva 
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Costa, Julio Cesar Zorzenon
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A concepção do desenvolvimento econômico e suas implicações são preocupações presentes
ao longo de nossa história contemporânea. Não foi diferente com Celso Furtado. Dada a
necessidade do resgate teórico sobre o projeto do país, o autor dedicou sua vida a compreender
os problemas econômicos do Brasil e América Latina. Este trabalho irá abordar o conceito de
desenvolvimento e subdesenvolvimento na visão de Furtado, ressaltando sua importância e
contemporaneidade através da exposição do contexto histórico de sua tese e sua formação de
pensamento, partindo do entendimento de duas fases de seu pensamento. A primeira, produto
de sua juventude e que poderá ser encarada como otimista, o autor formula sua teoria do
subdesenvolvimento e propõe sua superação através da industrialização. A segunda, representa
a maturidade de Furtado, onde apresenta que o modelo anterior, ao contrário, reforça a
concentração de renda e destrói o meio ambiente. através de uma abordagem ampla, sua
conclusão é a de que a tendência estrutural do capitalismo é a de garantir o nível de dependência
dos países periféricos, e sua manifestação se dá pela dimensão cultural, onde suas elites
reproduzem o estilo de vida dos países centrais, ao que denomina mimetização cultural, a
tentativa de superação não é outro senão um mito. O único caminho, portanto, é o da valorização
e permanência da diversidade cultural e ambiental através da equidade e solidariedade e em
contraposição ao crescimento econômico em larga escala.
The conception of economic development and its reasons are present concerns throughout our contemporary history. It was no different with Celso Furtado. Given the need for theoretical rescue on the country's project, the author dedicated his life to understanding the economic problems of Brazil and Latin America. This work will address the concept of development and underdevelopment in Furtado's view, emphasizing its importance and contemporaneity by exposing the historical context of his thesis and his thought formation, starting from the understanding of two phases of his thinking. The first, the product of his youth and which can be seen as optimistic, the author formulates his theory of underdevelopment and proposes its overcoming through industrialization. The second represents Furtado's maturity, where he shows that the previous model, on the contrary, reinforces the concentration of income and destroys the environment. through a broad approach, its conclusion is that the structural tendency of capitalism is to guarantee the level of dependency of peripheral countries, and its manifestation is given by the cultural dimension, where its elites reproduce the lifestyle of peripheral countries, while which he calls cultural mimicry, an attempt to overcome it is none other than a myth. The only way, therefore, is to value and maintain cultural and environmental diversity through equity and solidarity and in opposition to large-scale economic growth.
The conception of economic development and its reasons are present concerns throughout our contemporary history. It was no different with Celso Furtado. Given the need for theoretical rescue on the country's project, the author dedicated his life to understanding the economic problems of Brazil and Latin America. This work will address the concept of development and underdevelopment in Furtado's view, emphasizing its importance and contemporaneity by exposing the historical context of his thesis and his thought formation, starting from the understanding of two phases of his thinking. The first, the product of his youth and which can be seen as optimistic, the author formulates his theory of underdevelopment and proposes its overcoming through industrialization. The second represents Furtado's maturity, where he shows that the previous model, on the contrary, reinforces the concentration of income and destroys the environment. through a broad approach, its conclusion is that the structural tendency of capitalism is to guarantee the level of dependency of peripheral countries, and its manifestation is given by the cultural dimension, where its elites reproduce the lifestyle of peripheral countries, while which he calls cultural mimicry, an attempt to overcome it is none other than a myth. The only way, therefore, is to value and maintain cultural and environmental diversity through equity and solidarity and in opposition to large-scale economic growth.