UNEVEN AND COMBINED DEVEOPMENT IN BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY:
An analysis os the theory in its reception and appropriation
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https://doi.org/10.12957/geouerj.2025.90146Keywords:
Uneven and combined development; Leon Trotsky; Michael Löwy; David Harvey; Neil SmithAbstract
Among the most varied dimensions of academic work, theoretical-methodological rigor must represent one of the pillars of knowledge production that aims to reveal the contradictions of the geographical development of capitalism. And the search for this rigor necessarily involves a robust theoretical framework that must support our writings. Thus, our general objective is to analyze the presence of the theory of uneven and combined development in Geography writings in Brazil, highlighting who is referenced as a source for the theory. We consider that this theory is frequently cited in texts in our area and understanding how it is referenced helps us to refine and improve our analyses. Regarding methodological aspects, we carried out a bibliographic review on the theory, highlighting its importance for geographic studies, a systematic review with 663 texts in the area and semi-structured interviews with intellectuals who helped us understand processes of reception and appropriation of this theoretical construct by Geography in Brazil. We grouped the systematic review data into four dimensions: a) mentions of Trotsky; b) mentions of authors from the international Trotskyist movement; c) mentions of critical intellectuals of Brazilian social thought; and d) mentions of Anglo-Saxon geographers. In short, we highlight some weaknesses in the reviewed texts, as an important portion using the theory without any referencing or associating it with authors who do not work exactly with this theory. Even so, we emphasize the power that this theory has for the critical and totalizing analysis of the Brazilian territory.
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