On “misplaced” concepts, historiography and ideas

ABSTRACT Interview granted by historian Carlos Guilherme Mota to The Studies Avan- çados Journal, in which he addresses conceptual aspects of his own work and those of Roberto Schwarz and Florestan Fernandes, including facts about their relationship with writers such as Caio Prado Jr., Alfredo Bosi and Emilia Viotti da Costa concerning cultural issues of Brazilian reality. At the end, the researcher presents a small glossary with significant terms of his thought and work.