Celso Furtado: a Brazilian social thinker

Abstract

This article aims to analyze Celso Furtado’s theoretical concepts and discuss the accommodations he makes between ECLAC’s theory and modern Brazilian social thought. It aims to highlight the importance of multidisciplinarity on his intellectual formation, discuss his concepts about the roles of the state and of intellectuals in the development of lower income areas, and underscore his status as a social thinker in Brazil.