1st Edition
Dependency Theories in Latin America An Intellectual Reconstruction
This book offers a discussion of the origins of Latin American dependency theories and their implications for contemporary social theory. The book explores the conditions of emergence of this intellectual movement, the trajectories of some of its main formulators, as well as the circulation of their ideas, their reception in other contexts, and their influence on other theoretical formulations and problems of the present. The book is aimed at social scientists interested in broadening the scope of social theory towards the Global South, in processes of knowledge circulation between central and semi-peripheral regions, as well as in understanding the problems of dependency, modernisation, and development processes in Latin America. The book can be used both as an introduction to these themes and to delve deeper into specific issues.
Introduction: Dependency as theory and practice
André Magnelli, Felipe Maia and Paulo Henrique Martins
Part I: Historical and systematic perspective
1. Origins of the dependency theory: trajectories, actors and institutions
Fernanda Beigel
2. The constellation of dependency, a conjugated theorisation in the plural
André Magnelli
3. Intellectual and political trajectories of the main formulators of dependency theory
Afrânio Garcia, Jr.
Part II: Dialogues and Receptions
4. Dependency theory, developmentalism and marginality in Aníbal Quijano: Latin American critical debates
Alexis Cortés and Tomás Torres
5. Dependence and the decoloniality of power: a dialogue from the sentiments and practices of Aníbal Quijano
Dania López Córdova and Boris Marañon Pimentel
6. Functional differentiation, world society and the centre/periphery difference: a dialogue between systems theory and dependency theory
Roberto Dutra
7. The German reception of dependency theories: boom, decline and revival
Clara Ruvituso
Part III: New Problems
8. Dependency theory as political critique and interpretation of Latin American history
Felipe Maia and Alessandra Faria
9. Dependency and the world-system: revisions inspired by the critique of coloniality
Paulo Henrique Martins
10. Energy transition and the new shape of green colonialism: the emergence of the Decarbonisation Consensus
Breno Bringel and Maristella Svampa
Biography
André Magnelli is the creator, director, and editor of the independent institution for study and research Ateliê de Humanidades (ateliedehumanidades.com). He is the author of the following books: Durkheim, apesar do século: novas interpretações entre filosofia e sociologia (2018), Uma democracia (in) acabada: quadros e bordas da soberania do povo com Pierre Rosanvallon (2019), Cartografias da crítica (2019), and Sociologia das tecnociências contemporâneas (2020). Research at the interface of social theory, technosciences & society, and historical sociology of the political, anthropological theory, ethics, political philosophy, and rhetoric was carried out.
Felipe Maia is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and a CNPq researcher (Brazil). He is the author of the book A economia imaginada do capitalismo agrário (2021) and editor of Uma Democracia (in) acabada (2019) and Uma Difícil Democracia: Diálogos sobre a obra de Luiz Werneck Vianna (2023). He has research interests in the areas of social theory, sociology of intellectuals, historical sociology, sociology of knowledge, and political sociology, especially in the theme of the relationship between critique and crisis.
Paulo Henrique Martins is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, and a CNPq researcher (Brazil); Former President of the Latin American Sociological Association (ALAS); he was Vice-President at Mouvement anti-utilitariste en sciences sociales (MAUSS) (2009–2012). He is the author of many books, including Critical Theory of Coloniality (2022), Itinerários do dom: teoria e sentimento (2019), and Teoria Crítica da Colonialidade (2019). In his intellectual activity he articulates in an interdisciplinary way the studies on gift, seeking permanent dialogue with anthropology, politics, and psychology; his studies in Social Theory, Sociology of Health, and Sociology of Power often reveal the following indicators: gift, citizenship, democracy, solidarity, public policies, social networks, health, and culture.
