Florestan Fernandes e José de Souza Martins: continuidades e descontinuidades na sociologia da USP.

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to draw a profile of “São Paulo school of sociology”, focusing on the continuities and discontinuities in the works of Florestan Fernandes and José de Souza Martins. In this sense, will be analyzed the work of Florestan Fernandes as the mainstay in the transition of the purposes of the French mission on University of São Paulo, to create an propitious environment to theoretical reflection and the development of empirical research, capable of forming a tight-knit group of Brazilian social scientist. On the other hand, with the incorporation of Marxian sociology of Henri Lefebvre there's a renewal and amplification of the theoretical and methodological horizons of sociological approach of Martins. More precisely, here, it is a dialogue between one of the founders of São Paulo School of Sociology, Florestan Fernandes, and one of his followers and "disciple", José de Souza Martins, continuer and renewer of "uspian" saga.