CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE WORK 1964

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE COUP D'ÉTAT - DEMOCRACY AND REFORMS IN POPULISM

Authors

  • Isabella Spindola Barbosa Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)
  • Rodrigo Jurucê Mattos Gonçalves Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)
  • Luciana de Souza Ramos Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)

Keywords:

Democracia e reformas no populismo, Brasil, Golpe militar

Abstract

This review analyzes, problematizes, and connects the discussions presented by the various authors of the book 1964: Critical Views of the Coup: Democracy and Reforms in Populism, edited by Caio Navarro de Toledo. The debates proposed focus mainly on the economic, political, and social aspects that led Brazil to the military coup that lasted from 1964 to 1985. In addition, the book brings together different perspectives on the dictatorship and on the Brazilian context in the period that followed, and finally includes the account of the editor Ênio Silveira, adding an important testimonial dimension to the collection.

Author Biographies

  • Isabella Spindola Barbosa, Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)

    Holds a Bachelor's degree in History from the State University of Goiás (UEG), Northeast Campus in Formosa, started in 2016 and completed in 2022. Currently pursuing a Master's degree in History at UEG, South Campus in Morrinhos, with a research focus on culture and power relations, started in 2024 and expected to conclude in 2026.

  • Rodrigo Jurucê Mattos Gonçalves, Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)

    He holds a Ph.D., Master’s, and Bachelor's degree in History. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of Goiás (PPGH/UFG) from 2018 to 2021. He is a professor in the History program at the State University of Goiás (UEG) and in the Graduate Program in History: Culture and Society (PPGHIS/UEG – Master’s level). His research interests include the history of ideas and intellectuals, the state, culture and power, Republican Brazil, and Marxism. He is the author of the books Organic Jurists of the Dictatorship and the Revista Brasileira de Filosofia (1964–1968) (2022), The Conservative Restoration of Philosophy: The Brazilian Institute of Philosophy and the Bourgeois Autocracy in Brazil (1949–1964) (2020), and Fetishist History: The Philosophical Hegemony Apparatus – Instituto Brasileiro de Filosofia/Convivium (1964–1985) (2017). He co-organized the collection Conservative Times: Critical Studies on the Right-Wing, and the book Intellectuals, Politics, and Social Conflicts (2020). He is a member of the international research networks Direitas, História e Memória (DHM) and the Latin American and Caribbean Gramsci Studies Network. He leads the research group History, Intellectuals, and Ideologies (CNPq).

  • Luciana de Souza Ramos, Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)

    University professor in the Law program at the State University of Goiás (UEG), South Campus – Morrinhos. Faculty member in the Master’s Program in History (PPGHIS) at UEG, South Campus. Holds a postdoctoral degree in Global Inequalities and Social Justice from the University of Brasília (UnB) and FLACSO. Ph.D. and Master’s in Constitutional Law and Theory of the State from the University of Brasília (UnB). Specialist in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from the Instituto de Direito Público de Brasília (IDP). Bachelor's degree in Law from the Catholic University of Salvador. Coordinator of the Research Group Laboratory of Affections and Resistance – Baobá LAR BAOBÁ: Law and Ethnic-Racial Relations: Analysis on the Invisibility of the Black Population’s Participation in the Socio-Political Constitution of Morrinhos and Region. Coordinator of the extension projects Right to Memory and Truth about Black Enslavement: Law and Racial Relations in Morrinhos and Region and Popular Legal Advocates: Legal and Political Education for Women in Morrinhos and the Southern Region, both at the Law School of UEG. Researcher in the groups Collective Rights Studies and The Political, Social and Religious Movement of Santa Dica and Its Unfolding in Goiás (1920–1940), at UEG. Member of the Candango Group of Criminology, Law Discovered in the Street Group, and the Study Group on Inequality and Discrimination, all at the University of Brasília (UnB). Researcher in the New Social Cartography of the Amazon Project at the Federal University of Amazonas. Researcher at NEEPES/FIOCRUZ, contributing to the Environmental Conflicts Map of Peoples of African Religious Tradition. Specialist Consultant for FGV-SP in the Assessment of Socioeconomic Damages and Valuation of Impacts on Communities Affected by the Fundão Dam Collapse: Report on Parameters for Assessing Racism in the Remediation Process. Guest lecturer in the Master’s Program at UFAM, teaching the course The Role of Law, Racial Relations, and the African Diaspora in the Formation of the Amazon Region. At the Superior School of the Public Defender’s Office of Amazonas, taught the course Law, Racial Relations, and the African Diaspora. At the Bar Association's Superior School, taught Justice System, Legal Education, Racial Relations, and African Diaspora. Consultant for Christian Aid, preparing a report on Violence Against Women Human Rights Defenders in the Context of Large-Scale Enterprises in the Amazon. Legal advisor to the National Association of People Affected by Dams (ANAB), the Quilombola Community of São Benedito da Praça 14 in Manaus, and the State Coordination of Quilombos of Amazonas. Former legal advisor to the Amazonas Federation of Religions of African Tradition (FUCABEAM) from 2013 to 2016. Served as National Secretary for Affirmative Action at the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (SEPPIR) of the Presidency of the Republic. Worked as a consultant for UNICEF, UN Women, and UNESCO. Areas of expertise: race theory, gender, socio-legal diversity, and justice models.

References

TOLEDO, Caio Navarro de (Org.). 1964: Visões críticas do golpe: Democracia e reformas no populismo. Campinas: Unicamp, 1997.

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Published

2025-12-15

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): ReDiS - Dossier: Territorialities and Socio-Environmental Conflicts

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CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE WORK 1964: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE COUP D’ÉTAT - DEMOCRACY AND REFORMS IN POPULISM. (2025). Social and Environmental Law Journal, 3(2), p. I-IX. https://www.revista.ueg.br/index.php/redis/article/view/16849