Santos, Boaventura de Sousa
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Name (Latin)
Santos, Boaventura de Sousa
Other forms of name
Souza Santos, Boaventura de
De Sousa Santos, Boaventura
Sousa Santos, Boaventura de
Date of birth
1940-11-15
Associated country
Brazil
Great Britain
Portugal
United States
Field of activity
postcolonial studies
sociology of law and the state
state reform
Globalization
Human rights
Political sociology
Politics and culture
Social movements
Sociological jurisprudence
intercultural democracy
participative democracy
Occupation
Sociologists
Associated Language
engpor
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- LCN ; note: b. 1940
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Wikipedia description:
Boaventura de Sousa Santos (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, and Director Emeritus of the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. An outspoken sympathizer and avowed supporter of the Bloco de Esquerda party, he is regarded as one of the most prominent Portuguese living left-wing intellectuals.
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