DSpace Communidade:http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/196892026-07-17T04:27:23Z2026-07-17T04:27:23ZEducação para a democracia: Adorno e a reflexão crítica contra o autoritarismoAbreu, Wesley Carlos dehttp://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/870912026-07-13T13:53:31Z2026-01-01T00:00:00ZTítulo: Educação para a democracia: Adorno e a reflexão crítica contra o autoritarismo
Autor(es): Abreu, Wesley Carlos de
Abstract: This research investigates the relationship between education and democracy based
on the thought of Theodor W. Adorno, seeking to understand how critical reflection can
act as a form of resistance to authoritarianism. It starts from the observation that,
throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, democratic societies
have been and continue to be threatened by authoritarian tendencies, often naturalized
in everyday life. In this context, education must be understood not merely as the
transmission of content, but as a formative practice capable of strengthening
autonomous, critical subjects who are resistant to ideologies that foster intolerance,
submission, and authoritarian propaganda. The guiding question of this study is: in
what way does Adorno’s philosophy contribute to grounding an education that serves
as a barrier against the authoritarian personality and the new configurations of
contemporary authoritarianism? The hypothesis argues that critical education, by
prioritizing emancipation and reflective capacity—articulated with an affective
pedagogy—constitutes a decisive instrument for the preservation and deepening of
democracy. The objective is to analyze the Adornian conception of education for
democracy in dialogue with the critique of authoritarianism, highlighting the relevance
of The Authoritarian Personality in examining the formation of subjects predisposed to
authoritarian character; in connection with Education and Emancipation, which
advocates education oriented toward autonomy; and The New Right-Wing Radicalism,
which demonstrates the persistence and updating of authoritarianism in democratic
societies. The methodological approach consisted of a systematic reading and critical
interpretation of Adorno’s works, articulating theory and the historical context of the
rise of authoritarian movements, establishing parallels with contemporary reality, and
evidencing the continued relevance of critical pedagogy. Taken together, Adorno’s
writings provide solid foundations for an educational proposal which, by forming
reflective subjects, contributes to democratic resistance in the face of authoritarian
threats, confronting oppressive ideologies and sustaining democracy as an ongoing
process of construction.
Tipo: Tese2026-01-01T00:00:00ZAnálise da estrutura funcional dos conceitos científicos em Ernst CassirerSantos, Francisco de Assis Silva doshttp://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/867662026-06-15T20:10:25Z2026-01-01T00:00:00ZTítulo: Análise da estrutura funcional dos conceitos científicos em Ernst Cassirer
Autor(es): Santos, Francisco de Assis Silva dos
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to present a comparative analysis of the conceptual structure of the
natural and cultural sciences, based on the theoretical-epistemological framework of German
philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945). In Substance and Function (1910), Cassirer presents
the tendency of modern sciences, specifically the natural sciences (Naturwissenschaften), to
establish symbolic relationships as the logical nexus of their conceptual structures, replacing
connections based on fixed essences and substances with dynamic and functional relationships.
Based on this reference, the central question of this research is: is the functional structure of
natural scientific concepts valid for the concepts of the humanities (Geisteswissenschaften)?
Thus, this study intends to compare the conceptual structure of the cultural sciences with the
functional aspect of the concepts of the natural sciences. Initially, the hermeneutic work focuses
on three possibilities: i) the functional aspect of natural concepts is equally present in cultural
concepts; ii) cultural concepts present specific characteristics of Cassirer's functional
perspective; and iii) cultural concepts have conceptual structures that are distinct from
functional schematism. Thus, the research develops a comparative analysis of the conceptual
relationship between cultural and natural sciences from Ernst Cassirer's theoretical perspective,
exposing the epistemological contours from a functional prism.
Tipo: Dissertação2026-01-01T00:00:00ZDo conceito de história à totalidade provisória em O Capital de Marx: limites e possibilidades do métodoAlmeida, Rodrigo Cavalcante dehttp://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/863472026-05-18T18:23:40Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTítulo: Do conceito de história à totalidade provisória em O Capital de Marx: limites e possibilidades do método
Autor(es): Almeida, Rodrigo Cavalcante de
Abstract: The present research takes as scope to analyze two fundamental concepts of Marx's method in
the work The Capital. They are the concepts of History and Provisional Totality; defending
the thesis that the development of the first concept or conception of History is configured, in
part, in the second concept of Provisional Totality, which we consider to be a fundamental
analytical key for understanding the work Capital and, therefore, its method. To this end, the
paper is divided into two parts: the first part deals with the formation of the concept of
History in Marx, demonstrating the processual and non-linear character of this concept in the
work of the German thinker, from the works of youth, where we argue that there is not yet a
concept of history in the author, but notions of history , based on a realistic posture and a keen
notion of historicity, passing through the German Ideology, a turning point in Marx's work,
and which marks the beginning of his conception of history, but not its completion, until the
development of the critique of the lack of historicity of political economy. In the second part,
which focuses on Capital, we will investigate the concept of Provisional Totality, implicit in
the work. In fact, it is the very method of The Capital, which is nothing more than Marx's
attempt, perhaps partly unconscious, to combine a dialectical presentation of the categories of
the capitalist mode of production with a synthesis of the concrete historical process. In other
words, a synthesis between a materialist dialectic and an open-ended conception of history,
articulated in a totality that will therefore be provisional. It derives from this both the concept
of law and the categories of social averages, making it possible to understand the various
levels of abstraction between the three books, while expressing the limits and scope of Marx's
method.
Tipo: Tese2023-01-01T00:00:00ZConsciências coletivas: uma abordagem gradualista do monismo protopsíquicoFonseca, Anderson Luiz do Valehttp://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/861462026-05-06T18:16:13Z2026-01-01T00:00:00ZTítulo: Consciências coletivas: uma abordagem gradualista do monismo protopsíquico
Autor(es): Fonseca, Anderson Luiz do Vale
Abstract: The hypothesis that Collective Consciousnesses exist in the natural world challenges the
assumption that consciousness is phenomenally determinate, since such forms would be in a
gray area of phenomenal unification. This point of view, once its reasonableness is accepted, is
in accordance with psychophysical gradualism, according to which consciousness is a vague
property of biological organization. On this basis, we propose that Panprotopsychist Dual-
Aspect Monism admits that subjective experience comes in degrees, correlated with the
arrangement of the physical parts of a living system. Accordingly, there would be non-
conscious, borderline, and conscious forms. The colony, in this case, is examined as a spatially
distributed organism that exhibits a partially integrated experience. To support this argument,
we investigate the Phenomenal Binding Problem to determine which physical process makes it
possible for consciousnesses to be combined into an integrated whole. In addressing this issue,
we argue that the synchronization of electromagnetic fields constitutes the physical substrate
that enables the combination of the experiences of the colony’s components. The analysis of
biological models, such as bryozoans and siphonophores, leads to the recognition of an evident
relationship between the synchronization of (neuro)electrical oscillations and collective
sensitivity. We conclude that distributed consciousness is not merely an analogical description,
but a natural occurrence.
Tipo: Tese2026-01-01T00:00:00Z