Juan Carlos Portantiero
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Juan Carlos Portantiero was an Argentine
sociologist, specialized in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci
.
He graduated in Sociology in the Buenos Aires University, and went into exile during the last illegal military government (1976–1983) because of threats received. He moved into Mexico, where he founded the Controversia journal.
After the return of democracy (1983), he become 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.
He acted as elected dean of UBA's Social Sciences School (1990–1998).
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
sociologist, specialized in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian writer, politician, political philosopher, and linguist. He was a founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime...
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He graduated in Sociology in the Buenos Aires University, and went into exile during the last illegal military government (1976–1983) because of threats received. He moved into Mexico, where he founded the Controversia journal.
After the return of democracy (1983), he become one of the most respected argentine scholars and had a direct influence on politics as an advisor to Unión Cívica Radical president Raúl Alfonsín
Raúl Alfonsín
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer, politician and statesman, who served as the President of Argentina from December 10, 1983, to July 8, 1989. Alfonsín was the first democratically-elected president of Argentina following the military government known as the National Reorganization...
and member of the advising team dubbed Grupo Esmeralda.
He acted as elected dean of UBA's Social Sciences School (1990–1998).
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
External links
Biography Juan Carlos Portantiero died at ClarínClarín (newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945. It is politically centrist but popularly understood to oppose the Kirchner government...