The historical materialism as a revolutionary science

Florestan Fernandes and Marxism after the Revolução burguesa no Brasil

Abstract

The objective this article is to analyze the Marxism of Florestan Fernandes from 1975 onwards with the publication of A Revolução Burguesa no Brasil. In the context of his struggle with the civil-military dictatorship, from the 1970s onwards, Fernandes began to systematically produce works of political analysis. In a theoretical-revolutionary reconstruction of the Brazilian social formation, a thinker emerges who, from then on, is also dedicated to thematizing internal aspects of Marxian and Marxist theory. In addition, Fernandes became interested in the dilemmas and intellectual production of Latin America, exemplified by the discovery and dissemination of the work of José Carlos Mariátegui. During this period, the following works stand out: Circuito Fechado (1976); Da Guerrilha ao Socialismo: a revolução cubana (1979); Brasil em Compasso de Espera (1980); O que é Revolução (1982). From this perspective, based on the analysis of these writings, we intend to examine how the “old Florestan” conceives and assimilates the tradition originating from Marx.