O pensamento político de Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Abstract

This article had as purpose to elucidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso´s politicalthought, presented from the seventies to the early eighties, through immanentanalysis of his theoretical work, articles published in newspapers, interviews andpolitical speeches. We have focused on his theses about the military dictatorship(1964-1985), which take the theory of authoritarianism as a parameter and theprocess of political opening (post-1974).