NOTAS SOBRE O REGIONALISMO EM ANTONIO CANDIDO E A FORMAÇÃO DO PENSAMENTO BRASILEIRO

Abstract

The article analyzes the notion of regionalism in some essays by Antonio Candido and his relationship with the author’s own social thought. The study seeks to characterize the critical’s understanding of the concept, showing that there is an oscillation in the way of understanding the phenomenon between a more analytical posture and one of greater judgment. The idea is that this will predominate in his way of understanding regionalism, and the basis for elucidating this negative position on regionalism may be linked to author’s own understanding of Brazilian historical-social formation, explained in his studies of Sociology.