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Rafael Andrade\u2009\/\u2009Folhapress<\/span>Luiz Werneck Vianna at his home in Rio de Janeiro, 2011Rafael Andrade\u2009\/\u2009Folhapress<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

One of the most influential Brazilian thinkers in social sciences, Luiz Werneck Vianna explored topics such as democracy, Brazil\u2019s modernization, and the judicialization of politics. He was instrumental in introducing the ideas of the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci (1891\u20131937) to Brazil through works like A Revolu\u00e7\u00e3o Passiva: Iberismo e Americanismo no Brasil<\/em> (The passive revolution: Iberism and Americanism in Brazil; Revan, 1997). He passed away on February 21 at the age of 85 in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

\u201cWerneck influenced generations of social scientists, both professionally and personally,\u201d remarks Maria Alice Rezende de Carvalho, a professor of sociology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and his friend of over four decades. \u201cHe was a thundering orator. His dramatic presence and forceful tone were unforgettable,\u201d recalls sociologist Angela Alonso from the School of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Humanities at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (FFLCH-USP).<\/p>\n

Born on October 14, 1938, in Rio de Janeiro, Werneck Vianna grew up in the affluent beachside neighborhood of Ipanema. Despite attending elite schools, events such as World War II (1939\u20131945) and local nationalist movements sparked an interest in social issues at a young age.<\/p>\n

He completed his law degree at Guanabara State University (now Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) in 1962, and two years later enrolled in an undergraduate social sciences program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), completing his studies in 1967. He later enrolled for the first master\u2019s program in political science at the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ), in 1969. But before he could complete his dissertation, he was forced to exile in Chile in 1970 due to persecution from the military regime. In 1971, he returned to Brazil where he was placed in detention for six months in Rio de Janeiro. He moved to S\u00e3o Paulo and completed his doctorate in sociology at USP, between 1973 and 1976, under the guidance of political science professor Francisco Weffort (1937\u20132021).<\/p>\n

His thesis evolved into one of his first books, Liberalismo e sindicato no Brasil<\/em> (Liberalism and unions in Brazil; Paz e Terra, 1976). \u201cHe helped to show that our capitalist modernization had extremely conservative underpinnings and how this deeply marked the country\u2019s political life and shaped its possibilities for democratic progress,\u201d explains Maria Herm\u00ednia Tavares de Almeida, emeritus professor of political science at USP and researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP).<\/p>\n

Werneck Vianna published prolifically in collaboration with Carvalho, from PUC-RJ. They coauthored four seminal books on democracy and law, such as Judicializa\u00e7\u00e3o da pol\u00edtica e das rela\u00e7\u00f5es sociais no Brasil<\/em> (Judicialization of politics and social relations in Brazil; Revan, 1998). The two were co-faculty at IUPERJ, now the UERJ Institute of Social and Political Studies, where Werneck Vianna taught from 1980 to 2010. The following year, he transferred to the Department of Sociology and Politics at PUC-RJ.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe actively contributed to the institutionalization of social sciences in Brazil,\u201d says Milton Lahuerta, a political science professor at S\u00e3o Paulo State University (UNESP). Among other positions, he chaired the National Association for Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS) between 2002 and 2004.<\/p>\n

Werneck Vianna passed away after battling with chronic lung disease. He is survived by his children Jo\u00e3o Pedro, Juliano, Marina, and Salvador\u2014from his marriage to Maria L\u00facia Teixeira Werneck Vianna, a retired professor of social sciences at UFRJ\u2014nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He also leaves behind psychoanalyst Helo\u00edsa Occhiuze dos Santos, his companion of 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Werneck Vianna’s work explored perceived missteps in Brazil\u2019s modernization","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1348],"tags":[261],"coauthors":[4599],"class_list":["post-519349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary","tag-sociology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519358,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519349\/revisions\/519358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519349"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=519349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}