Color, intellectuals and nation in Guerreiro Ramos’ Sociology

Abstract

This article analyzes the sociological studies of Guerreiro Ramos on race relations in Brazil during his activism in the Black Experimental Theater and on the occasion of his criticism of the UNESCO studies, especially discussions with sociologists Luiz de Aguiar Costa Pinto and Roger Bastide, when had become an intellectual linked to the Brazilian Institute of Social and Political Studies (IBESP), ISEB in the future. The sociological works of Guerreiro Ramos not only shows the intellectual environment, scientific work standards in the field of Sociology, but also reveals the impact of these investigations on the practice of Social Sciences in Brazil. The controversies revealed the process of the institutionalization of Social Sciences, marked by disputes about the way this process should take in a country undergoing a rapid social change.