José Maurício holds a PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He works with social theory, critical theory and political sociology. He was awarded the Anneliese Maier Forschungpreis from Fundação Alexander von Humboldt (2018-2023).

His latest books in English are Authoritarian Collectivism and ‘Real Socialism’: Twentieth-century Trajectory, Twentieth-first Century Issues (London: Anthem, 2021), Critical Theory and Political Modernity (New York: Palgrave, 2019) and Emancipation and History: The Return of Social Theory (Leiden: Brill, 2017).

 

Principais artigos

“From global risk to global threat: State capabilities and modernity in times of coronavirus”, Current Sociology, vol. 68, 2020

“Political regimes and advanced liberal oligarchy”, Constellations, vol. 26, 2019

“Global modernization, ‘coloniality’ and a critical sociology for Latin America”, Theory, Culture & Society, vol. 26, 2009

“Social memory, social creativity and collective subjectivity”, Social Science Information, vol. 36, no 3, 1997

“Social integration, system integration and collective subjectivity”, Sociology, vol. 34, no. 2, 2000.

Principais livros

Critical Theory and Political Modernity (Nova York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

Latin America and Contemporary Modernity: A Sociological Interpretation (Nova York e Londres: Routledge)

Sociological Theory and Collective Subjectivity (Basingstoke: Macmillan e Nova York: Saint Martin’s Press, 1995).

Na mídia

“Um novo Brasil, uma nova esquerda”, Maisdeum, vol. 2, Setembro de 2018.

“Oligarquia e democracia no Brasil contemporâneo”, Jornal do Brasil, 04/04/2018.

A fragmentação da esquerda e o futuro em aberto. Entrevista especial com José Maurício Domingues”, por Patricia Fachin, Instituto Humanitas Unisinos, 11/09/2017.

Brazilian political cycles and the impeachment of president Dilma Roussseff”, Open Democracy, 01/09/2016.

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