Traditional, modern and contemporary

Abstract

This article was originally exposed in a conference presented by professor Laymert Garcia Santos on May 27, 2014, on the occasion of the closing of the 1st Forum of the Postgraduate Program in Sociology of the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the State University of Campinas. We thank Professor Laymert for the opportunity to publish his presentation here. We also thank Lucas Mestrinelli for the transcript of the interview.