O econômico na geografia: Uma reflexão a partir da produção geográfica da USP

Abstract

This article aims at pointing at some subjects and elements for the reflection concerning the presence and role of the economical in the geographical analysis. The discussion had for base the analysis of the doctorate thesis presented at FFLCH/USP in the period of 1970-2001 whose themes and approach forms were identified in the extent of the Economic Geography. Starting from this analysis, they were identified by the main influences relative to the economical references and we could say that introducing historical materialism through theories, concepts, ideas and methodological statements has been the main way of highlighting the economic element in geographic analysis, since the theoretical-methodological basis employed in this work allows for a strengthening of the economic element, which takes the central role in the analyses.