Criticism of the political economy of barbarism: Interview with Marildo Menega

Authors

  • Beatriz Vieira Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
  • Eduardo Ferraz Felippe Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
  • Thiago Lima Nicodemo Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Freie Universität Berlin, Lateinamerika Institut, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/revmar.2018.31056

Keywords:

Interview, Marildo Menegat, Crisis, Political Economy

Abstract

In this interview given to Revista Maracanan the Professor discusses the "crisis theories" of Marxist and neoliberal bias and addresses the relationship between the notion of contemporary barbarism, the unresolved world crisis after World War II - only mitigated in the form of a "truce" , in the thirty "glorious years" (c. 1945-1975) - and the history of capitalism. Considering the origins and unfolding of the issues involved in the "collapse of capitalism" by its self-contradictions. These generators of human masses excluded from minimally worthy survival possibilities. And without giving up his blunt verve. Menegat analyzes the situation in Brazil today from both the economic and cultural political prism and draws attention to the fact that "Humanity no longer counts in the calculations of the economy. There is a choice that has never been placed before: capitalism (which is the daily barbarism in which we live, in permanent progression) or the existence of humanity (which can only be effected in another form of socialization)."

Author Biographies

Beatriz Vieira, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Professora do Departamento de História e do Programa de pós-graduação em História da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, área de Teoria da História e Historiografia.

Eduardo Ferraz Felippe, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Professor do Departamento de História da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, área de História da América.

Thiago Lima Nicodemo, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); Freie Universität Berlin, Lateinamerika Institut, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Professor do Departamento de História e do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); bolsista CAPES - Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung na Freie Universität Berlin, modalidade "pesquisador experiente".

References

MENEGAT, Marildo. Depois do fim do mundo: a crise da crise da modernidade e a barbárie. Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará; FAPERJ, 2003.

MENEGAT, Marildo. Estudos sobre ruínas. Rio de Janeiro: Revan; Instituto Carioca de Criminologia, 2012.

MENEGAT, Marildo. O olho da barbárie. São Paulo: Expressão Popular, 2006.

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Published

2018-01-16

How to Cite

Vieira, B., Felippe, E. F., & Nicodemo, T. L. (2018). Criticism of the political economy of barbarism: Interview with Marildo Menega. Revista Maracanan, (18), 268–276. https://doi.org/10.12957/revmar.2018.31056

Issue

No. 18 (2018): Crise na e da História: desafio à escrita e à reflexão crítica

Section

Interviews

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