Boaventura de Sousa Santos | |
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Born | Boaventura de Sousa Santos 15 November 1940 (84) |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Alma mater | University of Coimbra, Yale University |
Employer | University of Coimbra |
Known for | Epistemologies of the South |
Spouse | Maria Irene Ramalho |
Awards | Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement 2022 |
Honours | Military Order of Saint James of the Sword |
Website | https://www.boaventurasantos.com/ |
Boaventura de Sousa Santos GOSE (born 15 November 1940) is a sociologist, Professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology of the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School,[1] and Director Emeritus of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. An outspoken sympathizer and avowed supporter [2][3][4] of the Bloco de Esquerda party,[5] he is regarded as one of the most prominent Portuguese living left-wing intellectuals.[6][7]
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