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Jessé Souza

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in Natal, Brazil

March 29, 1960

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Jessé José Freire de Souza is a sociologist, university professor and Brazilian researcher who works in the areas of Social Theory, Brazilian Social Thought and theoretical / empirical studies on inequality and social classes in contemporary Brazil. He is the author of the books 'A Ralé Brasileira', A Radiografia do Golpe', 'A Elite do Atraso' and 'A Classe Média no Espelho'.

Graduated in Law from the University of Brasília (1981), he completed his Master's degree in Sociology from the same institution in 1986. In 1991, he obtained a PhD in Sociology from the Karl Ruprecht Universität Heidelberg (Germany), where he obtained free teaching and PhD in the same discipline at the Universität Flensburg in 2006. He also did postdoctoral studies in Jessé José Freire de Souza is a sociologist, university professor and Brazilian researcher who works in the areas of Social Theory, Brazilian Social Thought and theoretical / empirical studies on inequality and social classes in contemporary Brazil. He is the author of the books 'A Ralé Brasileira', A Radiografia do Golpe', 'A Elite do Atraso' and 'A Classe Média no Espelho'.

Graduated in Law from the University of Brasília (1981), he completed his Master's degree in Sociology from the same institution in 1986. In 1991, he obtained a PhD in Sociology from the Karl Ruprecht Universität Heidelberg (Germany), where he obtained free teaching and PhD in the same discipline at the Universität Flensburg in 2006. He also did postdoctoral studies in Sociology at the New School for Social Research, New York, (1994/1995).

From 2009, Souza undertook sociological research across the country to confront the thesis that a "new middle class" had emerged in the country. The result was the configuration of new nomenclature, namely, "ralé", "batalhadores", "classe média" and "elite", the latter two having privileges that the first two do not have.

He wrote and organized 22 books in Portuguese, English and German on political sociology, peripheral modernization theory, and inequality in contemporary Brazil. He is currently a full professor of political science at the Fluminense Federal University, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.

On April 2, 2015, he was appointed by the Presidency of the Republic to the position of president of the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - Ipea (Institute of Applied Economic Research), formerly occupied by Sergei Suarez Dillon Soares, but resigned in 2016 shortly after Vice President Michel Temer temporarily took over presidency.

The importance of the scientific production of Jessé de Souza to different fields of study in Brazil, mainly to sociology, is important in the discussion of expensive subjects, both for the political, social, economic and cultural spheres, and for the academy that produces knowledge who aspire to disclose content not given to them.

He is currently writing articles for Carta Capital magazine. ...more

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	A Elite do Atraso: da Escravidão à Lava-Jato 4.05 avg rating — 1,105 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O pobre de direita: A vingança dos bastardos 4.02 avg rating — 302 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Classe Média no Espelho: Sua História, Seus Sonhos e Ilusões, Sua Realidade 4.23 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tolice da Inteligência Brasileira 3.98 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Ralé Brasileira: Quem é e Como Vive 4.47 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Radiografia do Golpe: Entenda Como e Por Que Você Foi Enganado 4.20 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guerra Contra o Brasil: Como os EUA se Uniram a uma Organização Criminosa Para Destruir o Sonho Brasileiro 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Subcidadania Brasileira: Para Entender o País Além do Jeitinho Brasileiro 3.71 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Como o Racismo Criou o Brasil 4.14 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brasil dos Humilhados: Uma Denúncia da Ideologia Elitista 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Combater a corrupção de verdade seria combater a rapina, pela elite do dinheiro, da riqueza social e da capacidade de compra e de poupança de todos nós para proveito dos oligopólios e atravessadores financeiros. O “imbecil perfeito” é criado quando ele, o cidadão espoliado, passa a apoiar a venda subfaturada desses recursos a agentes privados imaginando que assim evita a corrupção estatal.”
― Jessé Souza, A Elite do Atraso: da Escravidão à Lava-Jato

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“Esse novo consenso do que passa a valer como legal ou ilegal significa que o batedor de carteiras, o pequeno traficante e o assaltante de rua tornam-se foco da ação policial e legal. O assalto especulativo de fundos de investimento, ao contrário – que eventualmente empobrece países do tamanho da Argentina ou da Malásia e impede o pagamento de aposentadorias, tendo impacto negativo dramático na vida de milhões – não é visto como crime. Por outro lado, o investidor que liderou o ataque é festejado como “gênio financeiro”, e sua foto aparece nas capas festejantes de revistas como The Economist e Time.”
― Jessé Souza, A Radiografia do Golpe: Entenda Como e Por Que Você Foi Enganado

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“Retira-se dos indivíduos a possibilidade de compreender a totalidade da sociedade e suas reais contradições e conflitos, os quais são substituídos por falsas questões. A fragmentação do conhecimento serve aos interesses dos que estão ganhando na sociedade, já que evitam sua mudança possível. À ação da mudança, a capacidade moral e política de escolher caminhos alternativos pela vontade de intervir no mundo, pressupõe “conhecimento do mundo” para não ser “escolha cega”. É isso que faz com que todo conhecimento fragmentário e superficial seja necessariamente conservador. Ele ajuda a manter e justificar o que já existe. Mostraremos neste livro como essa justificação dos privilégios injustos se faz possível no Brasil pela continuação do culturalismo e do economicismo como leituras dominantes fragmentárias e superficiais de nossa realidade.”
― Jessé Souza, A Tolice da Inteligência Brasileira

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