Alain Touraine in Latin America
On Monday, October 13, CLACSO will present the book “Alain Touraine in Latin AmericaThis collection brings together essays by some of his most prominent students, the winning entries from the 2023 CLACSO competition, and two works by Touraine himself, in which he demonstrates his commitment to the development of Latin American sociology and to the continent's social movements. It is a tribute to an author who, by right, belongs to the grand history of Latin American social sciences.
They present: Fernanda Pampín (Director of Publications, CLACSO) and Sabrina Villegas (Director of the Sociology Program, FCS-UNC).
They comment: Karina Batthyány (UDELAR, Uruguay; former executive director, CLACSO), Fernando Calderón (UNSAM, Argentina; former executive director, CLACSO) and Esteban Torres (UNC-CONICET, Argentina).
Sponsored by: Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
2:00 PM (Argentina/Brazil) / 11:00 AM (Mexico) / 12:00 PM (Colombia) / 1:00 PM (Cuba/Dominican Republic)
Virtual event via Zoom. Prior registration required.
Live broadcast on CLACSO's YouTube and Facebook Live channels.
Alain Touraine was the most influential French intellectual in Latin America from the 1960s until his death in 2023. The most revolutionary contribution of his work was associated with the creation of a global vision of social change, in which Latin America played a central role.
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