O debate teórico-metodológico na ciência política e o pensamento social e político brasileiro

Abstract

The present work attempts to reflect critically on the usual place of political theory and brazilian social and political thought in the academic and intellectual of modern Brazilian political science. For this, we performed a brief historical analysis of formation of this field of epistemology and the United States and Brazil, highlighting the similarities and differences of this process in both countries. Argue against a naturalistic view and positivist inclination which contributes to the theoretical reflection of the political stand apart from the empirical discussion. We propose, thus, a political science that is able to incorporate the dimension “subjective,” the political culture, as an inherent part of the political practice of everyday life, through the concept of political languages. These languages are used by political actors are inevitably composed of concepts and values, giving intelligibility to political reality and shaping the interests of various social groups in dispute.