Coup rereading: reflections from the contributions of Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos

Abstract

The present article is an essay that aims to bring some reflections on the context that precedes the 1964 coup and the insertion of the thought of Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos in the social, political and historical context of Brazil. Reflecting on this author and his work - notably the book Sixty-four: anatomy of the crisis - is important, since it presents an antagonistic position to CEPAL and developmentalist thinking, especially with its greatest Brazilian representative, Celso Furtado and sheds light on the dilemmas experienced in contemporary national politics.