Coutinho and the Prussian way to modernization

Abstract

The author in this article deals with the interpretation of the work of the Brazilian Marxist Carlos Nelson Coutinho. It is explored how in his early theoretical production Coutinho adopted the ideas of Georg Lukacs on the Prussian way to modernization. However, a turn toward the theoretical formulations of Gramsci can be detected in the work of Coutinho when he considered the question of democratization after his exile forced by the Brazilian dictatorship. One of the suggestions of this article is to identify the relationship between the national culture, music and modernization proposals.