Juan Carlos Portantiero

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Juan Carlos Portantiero
Born9 August 1934[3]
Died(2007-03-09)March 9, 2007
NationalityArgentine
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
InstitutionsUniversity of Buenos Aires, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Torcuato di Tella Institute
Main interests
Peronism,[1] cultural hegemony, democratic socialism[2]

Juan Carlos Portantiero (9 August 1934 – 9 March 2007) was an

sociologist.[3]

He specialized in the study of the works of

Pasado y Presente, which holds a critical view of Marxism.[1]

He graduated in Sociology in

illegal military government (1976–1983) because of threats received. He moved into Mexico, where he founded the Controversia journal.[2]

After the return of democracy (1983), he became one of the most respected Argentine scholars and had a direct influence on politics as an advisor to

Unión Cívica Radical president Raúl Alfonsín and member of the advising team dubbed Grupo Esmeralda.[2]

He served as dean of the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Social Sciences from 1990 to 1998.

Selected works

  • Estudios sobre los orígenes del peronismo ("Studies on the Origins of Peronism", 1970), with Miguel Murmis
  • Los orígenes de la sociología clásica ("Origins of Classical Sociology", 1978)
  • Estudiantes y política en América Latina ("Students and Politics in Latin America", 1978)
  • Estado y sociedad en el pensamiento clásico ("State and Society in the Classical Thinking", 1985)
  • Ensayos sobre la transición democrática en la Argentina ("Essays on Argentina's Democratic Transition", 1987)
  • Juan B. Justo, el patriarca socialista

References

  1. ^
    Página/12
    (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^
    ISSN 0121-7550
    . Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Juan Carlos Portantiero". Fundación Konex (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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