Julio Cotler

Julio Cotler (12 April 1932 – 5 April 2019)[1] was a Peruvian anthropologist, sociologist and political scientist. He was director of the Institute of Peruvian Studies and professor at the National University of San Marcos.

Julio Cotler
Born
Julio Syuñik Cotler Dolberg

(1932-04-12)12 April 1932
Lima, Peru
Died5 April 2019(2019-04-05) (aged 86)
Lima, Peru
NationalityPeruvian
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
University of Bordeaux
OccupationAnthropologist, sociologist and politologist

Biography

He studied at the Colegio San Andrés. He entered the National University of San Marcos in which he graduated as an anthropologist. Later he obtained the title of doctor in sociology at the University of Bordeaux, France.

It was part of the Institute of Peruvian Studies since 1966 and its director in 1985.[2]

He was also a professor at the National University of San Marcos. He was a visiting professor at the University of Bologna and also worked at the Ortega y Gasset University Institute, at the Center for Constitutional Studies in Madrid, at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Quito, at The New School for Social Research, among others.

He is considered one of the most outstanding Peruvian thinkers. Through his work he sought to understand the origin and characteristics of the structural problems derived from the Peruvian social formation.[3]

References
  1. "Falleció destacado sociólogo Julio Cotler Dolberg" (in Spanish). Andina. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. "Sensible fallecimiento de Julio Cotler, ex director general e investigador principal del IEP" (in Spanish). Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. Miguel Ángel Rodriguez Mackay (6 April 2019). "Julio Cotler y la herencia colonial" (in Spanish). Diario Correo. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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