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As Fontes Filosóficas Do Pensamento De Mauricio Tragtenberg: Inventário E Subsídios Para Compreensão De Uma Filosofia De Combate PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO PUC-SP DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOSOFIA PROGRAMA DE ESTUDOS PÓS-GRADUADOS EM FILOSOFIA MARCELO DE JESUS PHINTENER As fontes filosóficas do pensamento de Mauricio Tragtenberg: inventário e subsídios para compreensão de uma filosofia de combate MESTRADO EM FILOSOFIA SÃO PAULO 2021 PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO PUC - SP MARCELO DE JESUS PHINTENER RA – 220.483 As fontes filosóficas do pensamento de Mauricio Tragtenberg: inventário e subsídios para compreensão de uma filosofia de combate MESTRADO EM FILOSOFIA Dissertação apresentada à Banca Examinadora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, como exigência parcial para a obtenção de título de MESTRE em Filosofia sob a orientação do Professor Doutor Antonio Jose Romera Valverde. SÃO PAULO 2021 FOLHA DE APROVAÇÃO Banca Examinadora À memória de Mauricio Tragtenberg (1929-1998) Inicialmente, o presente trabalho contou com apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Código de Financiamento 001. Na sequência, por dois anos, foi realizado com o apoio do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq processo nº. 133891/2019-4. A meus pais, Francisco Phintener (in memoriam) e Nelza Rizzeto Phintener, sempre e como nunca. À Luana, — minha companheira que de variadas formas soube suportar comigo as chuvas e trovoadas que apareceram no decorrer desta travessia; se cheguei até aqui foi graças a seu apoio imenso, com amor. Ao Francisco — meu filho que tem me ensinado a ser pai; e a cada dia conhece um pouco mais Mauricio Tragtenberg. Agradecimentos — Ao Professor Antonio Jose Romera Valverde, trabalhador da educação interessado pelas causas do ensino e da pesquisa, com sua generosidade e espírito livre com que orientou o trabalho, lendo e discutindo atentamente os meus textos; — Meus agradecimentos extensivos à Suzana Cecilia Kleeb, o inestimável apoio intelectual recebido durante o tempo em que trabalhamos juntos e agora para realização deste trabalho; — Ao André Campos, irmão por adoção, referência constante em minha trajetória de trabalhador/pesquisador, pelo sempre generoso e permanente estímulo; — À Beatriz Tragtenberg, pelas conversas sobre Mauricio, que se materializam numa força decisiva para continuar lutando; — Aos Professores da Banca de Qualificação, pela participação e contribuição; — Aos funcionários da Biblioteca Karl A. Boedecker - BKAB da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV - SP, especialmente ao Bibliotecário Júlio Flávio Correia Marinho, que me acolhiam antes da pandemia; — Ao Marcos Aurélio de Oliveira, Assistente de Coordenação do Programa de Estudos Pós- Graduados em Filosofia, pelo suporte acadêmico-administrativo; — Aos “filosofantes” do Grupo de Estudo Filosofia Política Contemporânea – GEFPC; — Ao Cláudio Bruscalin, Bruno Videira, Daniel Véras, Milton Zamboni, Ricardo Mallet, e aos João - Reis, e Gomes -, pelas velhas amizades e interlocuções oportunas; — Ao Hudson Mandotti e Luís Gustavo Casale, obrigado e muito pelos dois dedos de prosa naquelas horas da caminhada em que o mar estava furioso; — Ao Pedro Porcino, lutador social, sempre me ensinando coisas novas sobre os movimentos dos trabalhadores; — À Regiane e Carlos, ao Victor e Maria Eduarda, minha família de origem, pelo incentivo afetuoso; — À Bruna e Raul, ao Denis, Carla e Gaia, à Sabrina, Fabiano e Melissa, minha família de extensão afetiva, pela multiplicação dos incentivos afetuosos; — Ao Ede de Oliveira Silva, com gratidão. RESUMO PHINTENER, Marcelo de Jesus. As fontes filosóficas do pensamento de Mauricio Tragtenberg: inventário e subsídios para compreensão de uma filosofia de combate. Dissertação de Mestrado em História da Filosofia. Departamento de Filosofia Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Filosofia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2021. A pesquisa, transformada em dissertação, buscou inventariar as bases teórico-filosóficas contidas no pensamento de Tragtenberg, investigando os lastros de pensadores, em particular os da filosofia política que, de algum modo, estiveram implicados na composição da sua obra. Por sua vez e dado seu grande relevo, a investigação das fontes ampliou os horizontes de estudo para o enfoque na condução de duas hipóteses de trabalho: uma repousa na ideia da existência de uma filosofia política na obra de Tragtenberg, no momento em que se aponta em sua obra o local de trabalho como unidade política; outra, pressupõe a existência de um arcabouço interpretativo da exploração capitalista do trabalho a partir de análises de conjuntura concretas via coluna “No Batente”. Esses três pontos estão interligados e se complementam no propósito da pesquisa, pois vão evidenciar as bases filosóficas do autor de inspiração revolucionária, não como contemplação, mas como ação “prático-crítica”. No conjunto de sua obra, em que procede tanto uma visão crítica do capitalismo, aliada a uma análise das ambiguidades dos movimentos dos trabalhadores, resultado de leituras dialéticas e assíduas de autores da ciência política e da história, da sociologia e da economia, da literatura e da filosofia, e da administração de empresas, Tragtenberg vai do popular ao clássico, conjugando saber formal e informal, teoria e prática. Pensador ancorado na história econômica e, sobretudo, nas análises das relações sociais de trabalho e da exploração econômica, examinando o seu desenrolar no movimento da história, sempre muitíssimo atento às suas implicações no nível de vida dos trabalhadores, Tragtenberg, por isso, jamais perdera de vista os problemas concretos da vida enquanto aspecto determinante da sociedade. Notou-se, após esboço do conteúdo pesquisado, que a relevância da investigação em tela inaugura, de um lado, a primeira pesquisa a respeito das ideias do autor nos quadros da filosofia; de outro, contribui para reflexão sobre a relevante diversidade na historiografia do pensamento político e filosófico, dado que tal pesquisa, ao investigar a trajetória das influências filosóficas de Tragtenberg, o confirma entre os principais pensadores brasileiros. Palavras-chave: Tragtenberg; fontes filosóficas; filosofia política; relações sociais de trabalho; trabalhadores. ABSTRACT PHINTENER, Marcelo de Jesus. The philosophical sources of thought Mauricio Tragtenberg: inventory and subsidies for the understanding of combat philosophy. Master's Dissertation in History of Philosophy. Department of Philosophy Graduate Studies Program in Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, 2021. This research, transformed into a dissertation, tried to inventory the theoretical- philosophical bases of Tragtenberg’s thought, investigating traits of thinkers, in particular those of political philosophy who, in some way, were involved in the composition of his work. In turn, and given its great relevance, the investigation of the sources broadened the horizons of study by addressing two hypotheses: one rests on the idea of a political philosophy in Tragtenberg’s work, as the work place is pointed out as a political unit; another, it presupposes the existence of an interpretive framework for the capitalist exploitation of labour, based on concrete analysis, via the column “No Batente”. These three points are interconnected and complement each other in the purpose of the research, as they will highlight the philosophical bases of the author of revolutionary inspiration, not as contemplation, but as a “practical-critical” action. In the whole of his work, in which he proceeds so much with a critical view of capitalism, combined with an analysis of the ambiguities of workers' movements, the result of dialectical and assiduous readings of authors of political science and history, sociology and economics, literature and philosophy, and business administration, Tragtenberg goes from the popular to the classic, combining formal and informal knowledge, theory and practice. A thinker anchored in economic history and, above all, in the analysis of social relations of work and economic exploitation, examining its development in the history movement, always aware of its implications for workers’ standard of living, Tragtenberg, therefore, never lost sight of the real problems of life as a decisive aspect of society. After delineating the dissertation content, it was noticed that the research on screen opens, on the one hand, the first research on the author's ideas in the framework of philosophy; on the other hand, it contributes to the reflection about the relevant diversity in the historiography of political and philosophical thought, since such research, when investigating the trajectory of Tragtenberg philosophical influences, confirms it among the main Brazilian thinkers. Keywords: Tragtenberg; philosophical sources; political philosophy; social labour relations; workers. SUMÁRIO Introdução ......................................................................................................................... 1 Contexto da pesquisa ................................................................................................................1 Método .....................................................................................................................................9 Capítulo 1 — Trabalhador não trabalha no Parlamento: há uma filosofia política na obra de Mauricio Tragtenberg? .............................................................................................. 12 Capítulo 2 — Pentimento: quais as fontes do pensamento de Mauricio Tragtenberg? .. 32
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