Sociology in the school in Brazil: An evaluation of remote and recent history

Authors

  • Simone Meucci UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2015.51.3.02

Abstract

This article aims to review the history of Sociology in Brazil, in particular, its institutionalization in elementary school. We compare two periods of time: the first one from 1925 to 1942 and the second one from 1990 until the present moment. We analyze its introduction in the schools by relating the emergence of sociology as a regular subject at schools and the historical context, demands and challenges. In this regard, we highlight three levels of study: (a) the relation between state and society; (b) the social agents that claim its institutionalization; (c) the conditions of social circulation and production of sociological knowledge. We find that in both periods, with different meanings, the introduction of sociology in the school was related to a social awareness of crisis and the need for institutional reconstruction, responding to historical demands of the constitution of new social actors.

Keywords: sociology, institutionalization, school, Brazil.

Author Biography

Simone Meucci, UFPR

Professora no Departamento de Ciência Política e Sociologia da UFPR. Fez Mestrado (1999) e Doutorado (2006) na Unicamp. Dedica-se à área de Pensamento Social Brasileiro e estuda os condicionantes históricos da constituição da sociologia no Brasil. Publicou "Institutucionalização da Sociologia no Brasil: primeiros manuais e cursos (Hucitec, 2011) e "Artesania da sociologia no Brasil: contribuições e interpretações de Gilberto Freyre" (Appris, 2015).

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Published

2015-11-09

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 3 (2015): September/December

Section

Dossiê: Ensino de Sociologia na Educação Básica – ENESEB2015

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