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O sociólogo norte-americano C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) é geralmente conhecido pelos seus estudos sobre estratificação social, elites, classes médias, líderes sindicais e a estrutura de poder nos Estados Unidos. A sua produção teórica de caráter sociológico e de fortes afinidades com a reflexão filosóficafoi pouco debatida aqui no Brasil. No entanto, o início de sua trajetória acadêmica se caracteriza justamente por um trabalho de cunho epistemológico no campo da sociologia do conhecimento, a tese de doutorado defendida em 1942 sob o título A sociological account of pragmatism: an essay on thesociology of knowledge. O propósito do presente artigo será o de debater esse trabalho seminal, apresentando as afinidades entre a perspectiva sociológica de Mills, o pragmatismo norte-americano e o interacionismo simbólico da Escola de Chicago.

"This book intends to familiarise the reader with the political and sociological thought of Florestan Fernandes, covering the range of his research themes and socialist militancy between the 1940s and 1990s. Considered the founding father of sociology in Brazil, Florestan Fernandes' work is essential for an understanding of the historical and political dilemmas of Brazilian and Latin American societies. His main themes encompass research on folklore, indigenous peoples, race relations between blacks and whites, sociological theory, education, underdevelopment, dependence, Latin American dictatorships, and the Brazilian "re-democratization" after 1980, providing a new interpretation of Latin America from the point of view of the lumpen social strata. Following Mannheim's inspiration, the present work is inserted in the field of sociology of knowledge. It takes an original approach to the ideas of Florestan Fernandes based on the notion of a lumpen thought style. This book is a key resource for readers learning about the history of the social sciences in Latin America, and about the political dilemmas of Latin American societies"--

"This book intends to familiarise the reader with the political and sociological thought of Florestan Fernandes, covering the range of his research themes and socialist militancy between the 1940s and 1990s. Considered the founding father of sociology in Brazil, Florestan Fernandes' work is essential for an understanding of the historical and political dilemmas of Brazilian and Latin American societies. His main themes encompass research on folklore, indigenous peoples, race relations between blacks and whites, sociological theory, education, underdevelopment, dependence, Latin American dictatorships, and the Brazilian "re-democratization" after 1980, providing a new interpretation of Latin America from the point of view of the lumpen social strata. Following Mannheim's inspiration, the present work is inserted in the field of sociology of knowledge. It takes an original approach to the ideas of Florestan Fernandes based on the notion of a lumpen thought style. This book is a key resource for readers learning about the history of the social sciences in Latin America, and about the political dilemmas of Latin American societies"--

O presente artigo trata das relações intelectuais entre Orlando Fals Borda e Florestan Fernandes, abordando as semelhanças e diferenças entre suas respectivas visões sobre o papel político do sociólogo na América Latina. O período específico abordado neste trabalho se refere à década de 1960, girando em torno dos debates sobre a "sociologia comprometida". A pesquisa aqui desenvolvida envolve investigações documentais realizadas em janeiro de 2018 no arquivo e biblioteca pessoais de Florestan Fernandes, disponíveis na Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). Por fim, são levantadas hipóteses sobre o lugar da produção sociológica de Florestan Fernandes na história da própria sociologia na América Latina.