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Enzo Faletto
Chilean sociologist and historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Enzo Doménico Faletto Verné (July 14, 1935 – June 22, 2003) was a Chilean sociologist and historian.[1][2] Together with former Brazilian president and sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso, he wrote the book Dependency and Development in Latin America, an important contribution to the development of Dependency Theory.[3][4]
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Early years and education
Born in the Chilean capital, Santiago, Faletto wanted to join the Foreign Legion.[5] Frustrated about his chances of joining, at the age of 14 he entered the Arturo Prat Naval School, a branch of the Chilean Navy, located in Valparaíso.[5] He was expelled from the corps for bad behavior and returned to Santiago to work in his father's armory.[5]
He entered the History course at the University of Chile at the age of 20, where he graduated in 1957.[5] After graduating in History, he moved to the Sociology department at Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) to do her master's degree.[6]
Career
In 1961, he joined the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).[7][8] With the establishment of the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1964, intellectuals such as Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Francisco Weffort and Vilmar Faria went into exile in Chile, where they met Faletto.[3][9][10]
Cardoso and Faletto wrote the book Dependencia y desarrollo en América Latina, initially published by the Mexican publishing house Siglo XXI in 1969.[5] The book was first published in Brazil by Zahar in Rio de Janeiro in 1970 under the title Dependência e Desenvolvimento na América Latina.[11][12][13] A decade after its release in Mexico, the book was published in the United States by the University of California Press under the title Dependency and development in Latin America.[14]
Between 1967 and 1972 Faletto taught sociology and journalism at the University of Chile.[5] After the military coup in Chile in 1973, he was relieved of his duties as a university professor.[15] During the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, he worked as a researcher at FLACSO.[6] It wasn't until the country's re-democratization in 1991 that he was reinstated as a professor at the University of Chile, he worked there until the end of his life, particularly in the sociology department.[6][15] With a left-wing orientation, he was affiliated until the end of his life to the Socialist Party of Chile.[6]
For his academic achievements, he received the title of honorary professor at the University of Chile, as well as the Valentin Letelier medal, also awarded by the university.[16] In Argentina, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the National University of Rosario.[17]
Death
He died in Santiago on June 22, 2003 at the age of 67 from lung cancer.[15][18][19]
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Publications (selection)
- Dimensiones Sociales, Políticas y Culturales del Desarrollo: Antologia. (Social, political and cultural dimensions of development: Anthology), Santiago: FLACSO-Chile, 2007.[20]
- Como enfrentar la pobreza?: estrategias y experiencias organizacionales innovadoras. (How to confront poverty? Innovative organizational strategies and experiences), Buenos Aires: Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, 1989.[21]
- Clases sociales y opciones políticas en Chile. (Social classes and political options in Chile), Santiago: FLACSO-Chile, 1981.[22]
- Movimientos populares y alternativa de poder en Latinoamérica (People´s movements and power alternatives in Latin America) Mexico: Editorial Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 1980.[23]
- Dependency and development in Latin America (with Fernando Henrique Cardoso). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.[24]
- Sociedad burguesa y liberalismo romántico. (Society of the middle class and romantic liberalism) Caracas: El Cid Editor, 1977.[25]
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