Juan Carlos Portantiero

Juan Carlos Portantiero (Buenos Aires, 1934 – Buenos Aires, 9 March, 2007) was an Argentine sociologist, specializing in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci.

He graduated in Sociology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires ("UBA"), and went into exile during the Proceso Militar (1976–1983) because of threats received. He relocated to Mexico, where he founded the "Controversia" journal.

After the return of democracy, he become one of the most respected Argentine scholars and had a direct influence on politics as an advisor to Unión Cívica Radical president Raúl Alfonsín and member of the advising team dubbed "Grupo Esmeralda".

He acted as elected dean of UBA's Social Sciences School (1990–1998).

Selected works

* "Estudios sobre los orígenes del peronismo" ("Studies on the Origins of Peronism", 1970), with Miguel Muráis
* "Los orígenes de la sociología clásica" ("Origins of Classical Sociology", 1978)
* "Estudiantes y política en América Latina" ("Students and Politics in Latin America", 1978)
* "Estado y sociedad en el pensamiento clásico" ("State and Society in the Classical Thinking", 1985)
* "Ensayos sobre la transición democrática en la Argentina" ("Essays on Argentina's Democratic Transition", 1987)

External links

* [http://www.ciudadpolitica.com/modules/wordbook/entry.php?entryID=1170 Biography]
* [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/03/10/elpais/p-01410.htm Juan Carlos Portantiero died] at Clarín