{"title":"Milton Santos","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilton Santos (1926-2001) foi geógrafo, professor emérito da Universidade de São Paulo, ganhador do Prêmio Internacional de Geografia Vautrin Lud e autor de mais de trinta livros e quatrocentos artigos científicos, publicados em diversos idiomas.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"por-uma-outra-globalizacao","title":"For another globalization","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNow in a new edition, with a preface by Itamar Vieira Júnior, \u003cem\u003ePor uma outra globalização\u003c\/em\u003e deals with globalization as a fable and as perversity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"For Another Globalization\"\u003c\/em\u003e aims to be an independent reflection on our time, on its material and political foundations, and a desire to explain the problems and pains of the current world. But, despite the difficulties of the present era, it also aims to be a message carrying objective reasons to continue living and fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Leaving aside the “copious lists of quotations” that generally characterize books that aim to study societal issues, Milton Santos directs this book to the common reader, who dispenses with the ceremonial obligation of references.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The book, first published in 2000, remains relevant throughout. An example taken from the author's introduction:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe central emphasis comes from the conviction of the role of ideology in the production, dissemination, reproduction, and maintenance of current globalization. This role is also a novelty of our time. Hence the need to analyze its fundamental principles, identifying its strengths and weaknesses. Our insistence on the role of ideology stems from our conviction that, given the same existing materials, it is both possible to continue making the planet a living hell, as we are witnessing in Brazil, and also feasible to achieve the opposite. Hence the relevance of politics, that is, the art of considering change and creating the conditions to make it effective. Indeed, the transformations that history has recently shown allow us to glimpse the emergence of more promising situations. It may be objected that our belief in human change is unjustified. What if what is changing is the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFor Milton Santos, historical change will come from a bottom-up movement, with underdeveloped countries, not rich countries, as its main actors; the disinherited and the poor, not the opulent; the liberated individual, a participant in the new masses, not a chained individual; free thought, not a single discourse. Current globalization will not be irreversible, and universal history is just beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"[This book] is a chain of reflections that invites us to consider the possibility of a new world. Together, we can develop a feeling that I call engaged hope. It is the sentiment found in the very title of this work. The other globalization that Milton Santos evokes is a human globalization to be realized in this popular period of history. Technical foundations can be at the service of the social and political foundations of all, and not just at the service of large corporations. Only in this way can we establish a new history, based on a network of horizontal reciprocity that we know as solidarity. A globalization where indigenous philosophies and thoughts will not be stifled by global capitalist rationalism.\" – Itamar Vieira Júnior, in the preface to the new edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159424155900,"sku":"9786555871869","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/67cbda23974971065c8de29b0283baf7_00598325-4b68-44ca-8fb0-28881d8a42c1.jpg?v=1778815373"},{"product_id":"o-brasil-territorio-e-sociedade-no-inicio-do-seculo-xxi","title":"Brazil: Territory and society at the beginning of the 21st century","description":"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow in a new edition, with a preface by Sérgio Abranches, \u003cem\u003eBrazil: Territory and Society at the Beginning of the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e marked a renewal of Brazilian geography.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e By demonstrating the use of national space as a whole and, in parallel, that of each of its regions, associated with the concept of territorial division of labor and related factors, Milton Santos and María Laura Silveira reveal that territory is not merely a stage, but, above all, an actor in social dynamics. Important aspects and relationships are carefully selected to characterize our socio-spatial formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe notion of \"territorial use\" is the foundation of this approach. Technical systems—objects and ways of doing things—allow us to explain how, where, by whom, why, and for what purpose this territory is used. Delimiting periods and reconstructing contexts lead to the recognition of heritages and, at the same time, intentions. Each region embraces certain modernizations and dynamic actors, crystallizing ancient uses and generating new rationalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The authors' analysis, however, takes into account the emerging facts of the early 21st century and the new features of the economy, society, and politics. These emerge here through the redefinition of relations between land and people, more than ever inserted into international circles. Thus, a portrait of the country emerges that is still relevant today, with the potential to illuminate the search for future paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe book shows how we left the idea of a Brazilian nation to the global market. The result of a partnership between Milton Santos and María Laura Silveira, it also brings together eight thematic contributions from different authors who analyze related topics: the material foundations of telecommunications and information technology; the design of the Brazilian road network; the new role of agriculture; metropolitan services in the era of globalization; among others. It thus provides a comprehensive view of the national reality, achieved through one of the most defining and comprehensive aspects of this reality: territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe result of extensive research, \u003cem\u003eBrazil: Territory and Society at the Beginning of the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e constructs, from the perspective of geographers, an interdisciplinary view of Brazilian reality. Using accessible language, it is suitable for reading not only by specialists but also by other social scientists, administrators, politicians, and the general reader. Its greatest ambition is to reach a broad audience and actively participate in the national debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176318451964,"sku":"9786555873061","price":109.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ec13ec9726c1ccf021bbc336834081d0.jpg?v=1778316359"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/milton-santos.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}