The political proposal of Ruy Fausto

Abstract

This is the review of Caminhos da esquerda – elementos para uma reconstrução, by Ruy Fausto (Companhia das Letras, 2017). In its first part, the review gives a general characterization of the book’s structure and argumentation, both centered on what the author calls “left pathologies”. In its second moment, the review examines the political proposal advanced by Fausto.