The article points out how Rodrigo Naves’ critical method incorporates and revises aspects of the philosopher José Arthur Giannotti’s thought. To this end, it highlights how ideas from Giannotti’s Trabalho e reflexão (1983) about the representation of social phenomena are elaborated in two essays on Alberto da Veiga Guignard:“O olhar difuso”(1986) and “O Brasil no ar: Guignard”(1996), the latter included in the book A forma difícil (1996).
KEYWORDS:
Rodrigo Naves; José Arthur Giannotti; critical method; sociability; presupposition