Atilio Boron
| Atilio Boron | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
July 1, 1943 Buenos Aires - Argentine |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
Atilio Boron is an Argentine sociologist.[1]
Biography
Atilio Boron received a PhD from Harvard University.[2]
He worked as a Professor of Political Science at the Latin American Social Sciences Institute and at the University of Buenos Aires.[3] He also served as Secretary General of CLACSO, an academic umbrella body for Latin America.[4] In 2005, he signed the World Social Forum's Porto Alegre Manifesto.
At the Transnational Institute, he serves as Director of the Latin American Programme of Distance Education for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a collaborator of the New Politics project.[4] He also serves as director of the Center for European and Latin American Research in Buenos Aires.[3] He also writes a column in a national Argentinian newspaper.[2]
He has called the United States a "terrorist threat to world peace".[5] He has also been critical of Israel.[2] He has voiced his disapproval of the American handling of Julian Assange.[5] Boron has also accused Barack Obama of ordering the murder of Muammar Gaddafi.[6]
In 2009 he received the International José Martí Prize from UNESCO for his contribution to integration of Latin American and Caribbean countries
He blogs at http://www.atilioboron.com.ar/
Bibliography
- The Right and Democracy in Latin America (co-edited with Douglas A Chalmers and Maria Do Carmo Campello de Souza, 1992)
- State, Capitalism, and Democracy in Latin America (1995)
- Peronismo y Menemismo: Avatares del Populismo En La Argentina (1995)
- Tiempos Violentos: Neoliberalismo, Globalizacion y Desigualdad En America Latina (1999)
- Tras El Buho de Minerva: Mercado Contra Democracia En El Capitalismo de Fin de Siglo (2000)
- The Clasicos En El Debate Latinoamericano (2002)
- Estado, Capitalismo y Democracia En America Latina (2004)
- Nueva Hegemonia Mundial: Alternativas de Cambio y Movimientos Sociales (2004)
- Las Reformas Educativas En Los Paises del Cono Sur (2005)
- Empire and Imperialism: A Critical Reading of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri (2005)
- Que Hacer? (2005)
- La Teoria Marxista Hoy: Problemas y Perspectivas (2006)
- Politica y Movimientos Sociales En Un Mundo Hegemonico (with Gladys Lechini, 2006)
- Reflexiones Sobre El Poder, El Estado y La Revolucion (2007)
- Socialismo Siglo XXI: Hay Vida Despues del Neoliberalismo? (2008)
- América Latina en la Geopolítica del Imperialismo (2012)
References
- ↑ The Guardian webpage
- 1 2 3 Luis Fleishman, The Gaza Crisis and the Intellectual Left in Latin America: A Dark Picture, The Americas Report: Center for Security Policy, December 6, 2012
- 1 2 Alibris
- 1 2 Transnational Institute
- 1 2 Atilio Boron, How South America sees the Julian Assange case, The Guardian, 20 August 2012
- ↑ Boron, Atilio. "Preparando la agresión militar a Venezuela". Retrieved 10 March 2015.