Arturo Ardao
Arturo Ardao (born September 27, 1912 in the 6th sector of the Lavalleja Department , Uruguay ; † September 22, 2003 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan philosopher , historian of ideas and journalist .
Life
Ardao received his doctorate in law and social sciences from the Universidad de la República (UdelaR) in 1939 . From 1949 to 1950 he was professor of sociology at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences and from 1949 to 1974 as such for the history of ideas in America at the Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences (FHC). From 1968 to 1972 he was dean of the latter faculty. In addition, from 1963 to 1974 he held the position of director of the faculty philosophy institute. He also held other teaching posts at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA) and at the Instituto Normal Magisterial .
Ardao, who was the co-founder and collaborator of the Marcha , went into exile in Venezuela during the civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay in 1976 . There he taught and researched from 1976 to 1978 in Caracas at the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos and at the Universidad Simón Bolívar .
Ardao, who has published more than 30 books, retired from the UdelaR Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in 1989 . He also received several awards. For example, in 1987 he received the Gran Premio Nacional for his intellectual work . On the occasion of his 90th birthday, Ardao was honored by the Uruguayan Senate.
Publications (excerpt)
- 1937: Vida de Basilio Muñoz. Hombre de ayer, de hoy y de mañana , co-author, with Julio Castro .
- 1945: Filosofía preuniversitaria en el Uruguay
- 1950: Espiritualismo y Positivismo en el Uruguay
- 1950: La Universidad de Montevideo, su evolución histórica
- 1951: Batlle y Ordoñez y el positivismo filosófico
- 1956: La filosofía en el Uruguay en el siglo XX
- 1962: Racionalismo y Liberalismo en el Uruguay
- 1962: La filosofía polémica de Feijóo
- 1963: Filosofía de lengua española
- 1972: Etapas de la inteligencia uruguaya
- 1976: Espacio e Inteligencia
- 1978: Estudios latinoamericanos de Historia de las Ideas
- 1980: Génesis de la idea y el nombre de América Latina
- 1983/1993: Espacio e inteligencia (Caracas / Montevideo)
- 1986: Nuestra América Latina
- 1987: La inteligencia latinoamericana
- 1991: Romania y América Latina
- 1992: España en el origen del nombre América Latina
- 1996: La tricolor revolución de enero: recuerdos personales y documentos olvidados
- 1997: Lógica y metafísica en Feijóo
- 2000: La lógica de la razón y la lógica de la inteligencia
- 2001: Desde cuándo el culto artiguista
Awards (excerpt)
- 1987: Gran Premio Nacional
- 1989: Gran Premio Municipal de Literatura "José Enrique Rodó"
- 1991: Premio Interamericano "Gabriela Mistral"
- 1992: Awarded an honorary doctorate from the Universidad de la República
- 1995: Morsoli de Oro
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 29f
Web links
- Arturo Ardao (1912-2003) (Spanish) at www.ensayistas.org, accessed April 29, 2012
- Arturo Ardao (1912-2003) (Spanish) at www.archivodeprensa.edu.uy, accessed April 29, 2012
- Literature by and about Arturo Ardao in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Diálogo con el Dr. Arturo Ardao , accessed April 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ardao, Arturo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan philosopher, historian and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lavalleja Department , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 2003 |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay |