O Brasil como problema

by Darcy Ribeiro

"Qual é a causa real de nosso atraso e pobreza? Quem implantou esse sistema perverso e pervertido de gastar gente para produzir lucros e riquezas de uns poucos e pobreza de quase todos?" Em O Brasil como problema, Darcy Ribeiro oferece um diagnóstico dos obstáculos cruciais que a nação brasileira precisa ultrapassar para se desenvolver de forma autônoma. Muitos atribuem o atraso e a pobreza do país a causas naturais e históricas, à religião católica, à colonização lusitana, à mestiçagem e até mesmo à juvenilidade do povo, mas Darcy defende aqui que são outros nós que precisam ser desatados para termos uma solução para o Brasil. Passando pela história da sociedade brasileira, pelo capitalismo e pela corrupção no âmbito político, Darcy Ribeiro ilumina questões necessárias para compreender a relação conflituosa entre a sociedade e os povos indígenas, a má distribuição de renda, a exploração dos trabalhadores e todas as consequências oriundas desses elementos tão presentes em nossa nação. Em O Brasil como problema, vemos como a maneira de Darcy interpretar o Brasil está intensamente fundada nas inúmeras leituras que realizou ao longo de seu percurso intelectual e, ao mesmo tempo, profundamente marcada por sua flagrante paixão pelos destinos de seu povo.

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Darcy Ribeiro (Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 26, 1922 – Brasilia, DF, Brazil, February 17, 1997) was a Brazilian anthropologist, author and politician. Darcy Ribeiro's ideas of Latin American identity have influenced several later scholars of Latin American studies. As Minister of Education of Brazil he caried out profound reforms which led him to be invited to participate in university reforms in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay after leaving Brazil due to the 1964 coup d'état.
Darcy Ribeiro was the son of Reginaldo Ribeiro dos Santos and of Josefina Augusta da Silveira. He completed his primary and secondary education in the town of his birth, Montes Claros, at the Grupo Escolar Gonçalves Chaves and at the Ginásio Episcopal de Montes Claros. He is best known for development work in the areas of education, sociology and anthropology and for being, along with his friend and colleague Anísio Teixeira, one of the founders of the University of Brasília (Universidade de Brasília) in the early 1960s. He also served as the first rector of that university. He was the founder of the State University of Norte Fluminense (Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense) as well. He wrote numerous books, many of them about the indigenous populations of Brazil.
During the first mandate of governor Leonel Brizola in Rio de Janeiro (state) (1983–1987), Darcy Ribeiro created, planned and directed the implementation of the Integrated Centres for Public Instruction (Centros Integrados de Ensino Público), a visionary and revolutionary pedagogical project of assistance for children, including recreational and cultural activities beyond formal instruction – making concrete the projects envisioned decades earlier by Anísio Teixeira. Long before politicians incorporated the importance of education for the development of Brazil into their discourse, Darcy Ribeiro and Leonel Brizola had already developed these ideals.
In the elections of 1986, Ribeiro was the Democratic Labour Party PDT candidate for the governorship of Rio de Janeiro (state), running against Fernando Gabeira (at that time affiliated with the Workers’ Party PT), Agnaldo Timóteo of the Social Democratic Party (PDS) and Moreira Franco of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Riberio was defeated, being unable to overcome the high approval rating of Moreira who was elected due to the popularity of the then-recent currency reform, the Cruzado Plan (Plano Cruzado). Another defeat was in 1994, when he was Brizola's running-mate in presidential election; Darcy Ribeiro was also chief of staff (Ministro-chefe da Casa Civil) in the cabinet of President João Goulart, vice-governor of Rio de Janeiro (state) from 1983 to 1987 and exercised the mandate of senator from Rio de Janeiro from 1991 until his death – which was proceeded by a long battle with cancer that emotionally touched all of Brazilian society: Darcy Ribeiro, ever the ardent and controversial defender of his ideas, received during his long illness recognition and admiration not only from friends but also from adversaries.

Reviews

[João Francisco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ler autores como Darcy é algo que causa um sentimento único, faz você ter respeito verdadeiro pelo povo brasileiro.

[Marcos Teixeira · Rating 4 out of 5]

"somei mais fracassos que vitórias em minhas lutas, mas isso pouco importa. Horrível seria ter ficado ao lado dos que venceram essas batalhas"

[wik! · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessante de verdade, um bom "complemento" a Veias Abertas da América Latina haha