A formação social brasileira e a gênese da questão social

Abstract

His work was carried out to reflect on Brazilian social formation and its relationship with the social matters in the country. The study elucidates the capital/labor relationship as essential to understanding societal concerns and, consequently, the particularities of the Brazilian collective issues based on the development of late capitalism. It highlights the importance of approaching society's hardships critically, considering both the structural contradictions of capitalism and the cultural dimensions of the territory. Understanding the social matters in Brazil requires an approach that takes into account economic and socio-historical factors. To this end, the methodology adopted was a bibliographical review, which allowed access to a significant amount of information on the subject. To this end, we consulted books and scientific articles by authors who deal with the subject in question, including Florestan Fernandes, Octávio Ianni, and Caio Prado Jr., among others. It was observed that the social issues manifest themselves differently in each country due to the specific characteristics of the social formation. In the case of Brazil, the social matters are associated with the legacy of slavery, the concentration of land and wealth and regional heterogeneity.