Alberto Moncada

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Alberto Moncada Lorenzo (born November 4, 1930 in Ceuta ) is a Spanish sociologist with a doctorate in law. He has taught in Madrid and at various US universities (including Stanford) and was Vice-President of the Spanish Office of UNESCO and President of Sociologists without Borders International . In 1969 he was co-founder and first vice-rector of under the influence of Opus Dei standing Universidad de Piura in Lima (Peru). Due to his experiences as a former Opus Dei member, he developed a critical attitude towards the organization.

Moncada has written over 30 mostly Spanish-language books, including a. on the subjects of human rights , fundamentalism , education and latino culture. He is a sharp critic of neoliberalism and criticizes the widespread view in the USA that civil and political civil rights are to be equated with human rights.

Moncada lives in Gandía .

Works (selection)

  • El Opus Dei. Una interpretación. Índice 1974
  • Los hijos del Padre. Argos Vergara 1977
  • Oral History of Opus Dei . Editorial Plaza y Janes 1982
  • Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision (with Judith R. Blau). Rowman & Littlefield 2005
  • (with Judith Blau) It Ought to Be a Crime: Criminalizing Human Rights Violations . In: Sociological Forum . Volume 22, Issue 3. Wiley, August 4, 2007, pp. 364–371 , doi : 10.1111 / j.1573-7861.2007.00025.x (English).
  • Human Rights: A Primer (with Judith R. Blau). Paradigm Publishers 2009
  • The Leading Rogue State: The US and Human Rights (with Judith Blau, David L. Brunsma, Catherine Zimmer). Paradigm Publishers 2009
  • The Sociological Experience . Obrapropria 2011
  • Desde los ochenta 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Founding act August 2008 in the official organ of the Sociologists without Borders International
  2. ↑ University website u cf. also website of Opus Dei Peru
  3. ↑ Blau / Moncada 2005, p. XVIII.
personal data
SURNAME Moncada, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moncada Lorenzo, Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish sociologist and doctorate in law
DATE OF BIRTH November 4th 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Ceuta