Mário Pedrosa and José Carlos Mariátegui

Politics and culture for freedom

Abstract

This article intends to investigate and to problematize about the different levels of proximity and similarity of the intellectual and political paths of two Latin American thinkers: Mário Pedrosa in Brazil and José Carlos Mariátegui in Peru. They are probably part of the same generation of Latin American militants and intellectuals who sought to interpret reality critically, translated into common trajectories of research methodologies and practices, theoretical reflection, and political activities, overcoming the narrow limits of economic and cultural development in their countries. In this sense, reference is made to this investigation not only in the historiographical debates, but in the dialogue the most significant correspondences and works of Mariátegui and Pedrosa. After a brief biographical and comparative exposition of the two authors and their political activities, it is intended to expose the points of contact of their reflections and activities in the fields of economics and political thought and their common contributions in the field of cultural criticism.