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Bernardo Bianchi
Marx on the Periphery
The Making of a New Tradition at the University of São Paulo
With reference to the Marx Seminars at the University of São Paulo, this chapter discusses the creation of a specific tradition in the social sciences that marks a crucial moment in the history of postcolonial and decolonial studies. By means of the concept of periphery, I reconstruct how this tradition refuted temporal and stadial dualisms. Moreover, I argue that the development of this new perspective in the social sciences must be understood in terms of its efforts to rethink Marx but also, and more importantly, by the need to rethink Brazil’s place in the world. Following this thread, I analyse Roberto Schwarz’s work as paradigmatic for a proper understanding of the centrality of the concept of periphery in these discussions.
Keywords: marxism; Capital; Brazil; backwardness; periphery; Schwarz, Roberto
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Marx on the Periphery
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The Making of a New Tradition at the University of São Paulo
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Bernardo Bianchi
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With reference to the Marx Seminars at the University of São Paulo, this chapter discusses the creation of a specific tradition in the social sciences that marks a crucial moment in the history of postcolonial and decolonial studies. By means of the concept of periphery, I reconstruct how this tradition refuted temporal and stadial dualisms. Moreover, I argue that the development of this new perspective in the social sciences must be understood in terms of its efforts to rethink Marx but also, and more importantly, by the need to rethink Brazil’s place in the world. Following this thread, I analyse Roberto Schwarz’s work as paradigmatic for a proper understanding of the centrality of the concept of periphery in these discussions.
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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2 April 2024
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marxism
Capital
Brazil
backwardness
periphery
Schwarz, Roberto
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© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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111
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123
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Displacing Theory Through the Global South, ed. by Iracema Dulley and Özgün Eylül İşcen, Cultural Inquiry, 29 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2024), pp. 111–23
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Cite as:
Bernardo Bianchi, ‘Marx on the Periphery: The Making of a New Tradition at the University of São Paulo’, in Displacing Theory Through the Global South, ed. by Iracema Dulley and Özgün Eylül İşcen, Cultural Inquiry, 29 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2024), pp. 111-23 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-29_08>