Ocidente e história em Golbery do Couto e Silva

Abstract

This text has as its object the vision of the West present in the thinking of General Golbery do Couto e Silva, explained in his works Geopolitics of Brazil and Strategic planning.To analyze it, it approaches his vision of man, history, state and civilization; and its theoretical inspiration is brought to light for the debate on civilization, ending with the relationship of mutual dependence that he perceives between Brazil and the Western civilization, besides the propositions that he makes from this diagnosis, the option for the West and the creation of Brazil-power.