Theotônio dos Santos

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Theotônio dos Santos

Theotônio dos Santos (born November 11, 1936 in Carangola , Minas Gerais ; † February 27, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian sociologist and economist and co-founder of the theory of dependence .

Life

He studied sociology and political science in Minas Gerais and Brasília before going into exile in Chile in 1966 because of opposition to the dictatorship at the time. There he worked at the Centro de Estudios Socio-Económicos (CESO) of the Universidad de Chile , which he also directed in 1972 and 1973. The coup Pinochet forced him to go into exile again, this time to Mexico, where he attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico found a job, he was able to return to 1979 to Brazil. During this time he worked with prominent Latin American scientists and representatives of the dependency theory such as André Gunder Frank , Pablo González Casanova and Ruy Mauro Marini . Dos Santos himself is one of the most important representatives of the Marxist variant of the dependency theory.

After his return to Brazil, dos Santos was co-founder of the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT) and advisor to UNESCO . 1985–1988 he was chairman of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología . In 1985 he was awarded a doctorate in economics. Due to laws from the time of the dictatorship, he was only able to become a professor at the Universidade de Brasília in 1986 .

Fonts

  • (1968) Socialismo o Fascismo: el Dilema Latinoamericano, Santiago de Chile: Prensa Latinoamericana.
  • (1972) Dependencia y Cambio Social, Santiago de Chile: CESO.
  • (1977) La Revolución Científico-Técnica. Tendencias y Perspectivas, Mexico DF: UNAM.
  • (1991) Democracia e Socialismo no Capitalismo Dependente, Petrópolis: Vozes.

literature

  • Martins, Carlos Eduardo (1998): Theotônio dos Santos: Introducción a la vida y obra de un intelectual planetario, in: López Segrera, Francisco (ed.): Los Retos de la Globalización. Ensayos en homenaje a Theotônio dos Santos, Caracas: UNESCO, pp. 33-89.

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personal data
SURNAME Santos, Theotônio dos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian sociologist and economist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Carangola , Minas Gerais
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2018
Place of death Rio de Janeiro