Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo

Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo is a Mexican sociologist and public intellectual of wide renown in Mexico and Spain [From Liberal to Revolutionary Oaxaca: The View from the South, Mexico 1867-1911. Francie R. Chassen de López. Penn State Press, 2004. ISBN 0271023708, 9780271023700] . He is perhaps most well-known for his study of nineteenth-century civic culture in Mexico, "Imaginary Citizens", a book that made his reputation as a highly skilled interpreter of Mexican politics and has since gone through three editions. [ [http://74.125.45.104/custom?q=cache:os-S0PceL6UJ:clas.uchicago.edu/publications/latamchi/vol24no2.pdf+fernando+escalante&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=google-coop-np The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Chicago Newsletter (Vol. 24, No. 3)] ] He is the author of over a dozen additional books and a large number of scholarly articles on political theory, historical sociology, and cultural criticism. Escalante also intervenes frequently in the print and television media of Mexico, and has been widely cited in sociological papers and studies on his views of cultural transformation of Mexico [Vital Signs 2007-2008: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future.Molly D. Anderson, Elroy Bos, Michael Browne, Katie Carrus. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. ISBN 0393331296, 9780393331295] [What They Think of Us: International Perceptions of the United States Since 9/11. David R. Farber. Princeton University Press, 2007 ISBN 0691130256, 9780691130255] .

Escalante received his doctorate in sociology from El Colegio de México, where he is currently a professor of International Relations. Escalante has taught at other universities in Mexico, Spain and the United States, and in Spring 2005 was the Tinker Visiting Professor in History at the University of Chicago. He is the editor of several collections at the Paidós publishing house and a member of the journal "Public Culture"’s Editorial Collective.

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* [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessmylibrary.com%2Fcoms2%2Fsummary_0286-31948947_ITM&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en Translated interview of Fernando Gonzalbo conducted by various]

elected Books

* "In the Eyes of God: A Study on the Culture of Suffering", trans. Jessica C. Locke. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
* E"stampas de Liliput. Bosquejos para una sociología de México". México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2004.
* "Los derechos civiles", Campaña Nacional por los Derechos Civiles. México: Ronda Ciudadana, México, 2001.
* "La mirada de Dios. Estudio sobre la cultura del sufrimiento". México: Paidós, 2000.
* "La democracia mafiosa". México: Reflexiones sobre el Cambio, A.C., 1999.
* "Una idea de las ciencias sociales". México: Paidós, 1999.
* "El Principito". México: Cal y Arena, 1995 (1st ed. reprint: 1996).
* "Ciudadanos imaginarios". México: El Colegio de México, 1992 (3rd ed. Reprint: 1998).
* "La política del terror: apuntes para una teoría del terrorismo". México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1991.

External Links

* [http://www.colmex.mx/centros/cei/Paginas%20profesores/escalante.htm El Colegio de México Faculty Page (in Spanish)]
* [http://publicculture.org/authors/fernando_escalante_gonzalbo Public Culture page]