Saturday, July 25, 2015

Biography

Nildo Silva Viana (Goiânia, May 6, 1965) is a Brazilian sociologist and philosopher.

Degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Goiás (1992), a Masters in Philosophy from the Federal University of Goiás (1995) and in Sociology from the University of Brasilia (1999) and Doctor in Sociology from the University of Brasilia (2003). He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Goiás.

His work covers some basic subjects such as sociology, philosophy, Marxism, contemporary society, epistemology, violence, neo-liberalism, values, art, psychology, everyday representations, psychoanalysis, self-management. Representative of a critical current of sociology, the humanities, philosophy and contemporary political thought, Marxist orientation, a libertarian version of Marxism. Karl Marx and Karl Korsch are the main influences on his thought. His texts are based on a Marxist analysis of society, emphasizing the category of totality and the class struggle as the key features heuristic for research engaged in the process of social transformation.

To go to college, Nildo Viana joined the militancy in the student movement and political group self-management umildamente trend. Was National Executive member of the Social Sciences, he worked in grassroots organizations of the Student Movement "1

Since the late 80s to late 90s obtained an academic background in social sciences, sociology, philosophy, and has carried out studies and research in areas such as psychology, psychoanalysis. During this period, he wrote several articles for policy and academic journals as well as passed in the late 90s, to practice teaching. From the late 1990s he began to publish his first books, and are now being reissued, especially History of Consciousness, 1997 Methodological and writings of Marx, 1998.

With over twenty published works and having a differential element the fact rescue the thought of marx2, a korschiana perspective and councilist 3 - and a strong influence of psychoanalysis and psychology 4 5 - and prepare theses and original concepts 6 7. He has published over 80 articles in academic and political journals and has authored several books, some exhausted (some are being reissued) 8.

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