ABSTRACT
State and planning are recurrent subjects in the vast and original intellectual production of Brazilian economist Celso Furtado (1920-2004). Although they are ubiquitous elements, the author’s references to the State are sometimes not very explicit. There is nothing in the entire author’s work, not even a single chapter explicitly covering a theoretical-conceptual discussion about the State. This, however, does not mean that there is no explanation about the State in the writings of the Brazilian intellectual. In this sense, this article proposes to unveil and systematize Celso Furtado’s thought about State and planning. In order to achieve this, Celso Furtado’s whole work, produced over the course of six decades - from 1944 to 2004 - was taken into account, because it was believed that little is understood when an isolated part of the work is considered, without taking into account the complete development of the author’s ideas.
KEYWORDS:
State; planning and development; Brazilian social thought