Forma e espírito da Gestão Social: o relato de Celso Furtado na brigada internacional do trabalho – Iugoslávia 1947

Abstract

The paper analyzes the experiences of Celso Furtado in 1947 at the International Labor Brigade in Yugoslavia, where young people from all over the world participated in the construction of the Omladinska Pruga (“Youth Railroad”). e guiding questions of this work are the following: Is it possible to observe characteristics which today are attributed to Social Management in the experience reported by Celso Furtado in Yugoslavia? Which are? What is the ethos of action? e comprehensive or analytical method used here is based on Max Weber's theoretical categories of “form” and “spirit”, but specifically, we refer to the classic "Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism". e first category refers to institutional aspects and the second category to cultural aspects. Furtado talks about national unity and international solidarity among young people (Well-understood Interest) by identifying currents of opinion (Public Sphere) capable of carrying forward what he calls the psychological revolution (Emancipation).