Bernardo Sorj

Bernardo Sorj
Born (1948-09-26)26 September 1948
Montevideo, Uruguay

Bernardo Sorj (born September 1948, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Brazilian social scientist, retired professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is Director of The Edelstein Center for Social Research [1] and of the Plataforma Democrática Project.[2] He has published 30 books and more than 100 articles, on Latin American political development, international relations, the social impact of new technologies, social theory and Judaism.

Biography

Sorj begun his studies in Social Sciences in Uruguay and completed his B.A. and M.A. in History and Sociology from the University of Haifa, Israel, and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester in England.

He is a naturalized Brazilian, living in Brazil since 1976 . He was professor at the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and at the Institute for International Relations - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and visiting professor and chair at many European and North American universities, including the Chaire Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme,[3] in Paris, and the Cátedra Simón Bolívar of the Institut des hautes études d'Amérique Latine - University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.[4]

He is member of the board of several academic journals, advisor to scientific institutions and consultant to international organizations. He is also the coordinator of SciELO Latin American Social Sciences Journals English Edition,[5] a site offering free access to 30 Latin American journals translated into English. In 2005 he was elected Brazil's Man of Ideas.[6]

Books

2016

2015

2014

  • SORJ, B., MARTUCCELLI, O. O dilema Latino-americano (in Ukrainian ). Kiev: Calvaria.

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • SORJ, B., BONDER, N. Judaísmo para el Siglo XXI - El Rabino y el Sociólogo. Buenos Aires. Lilmod. ISBN 987-22628-7-X. Republished by The Edelstein Center for Social Research at 2008.

2005

  • SORJ, B., La democracia inesperada. Preface by Guillermo O'Donnell. Buenos Aires: Bononiae University Press/Prometeo Libros. ISBN 987-21802-1-0. Republished by The Edelstein Center for Social Research at 2008.
  • SORJ, B., GUEDES, L.E., Internet na favela. Rio de Janeiro: Unesco - Editora Gramma. ISBN 85-98555-03-7
  • SORJ, B., GUEDES, L.E., Internet y pobreza. Montevideo: Editora Unesco - Ediciones Trilce. ISBN 9974-32-407-6

2004

  • SORJ, B., A Democracia Inesperada: cidadania, direitos humanos e desigualdade social. Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar. ISBN 85-7110-806-4

2003

  • SORJ, B., brazil@digitaldivide.com. - Confronting inequality in the Information Society. UNESCO. ISBN 85-87853-91-0
  • SORJ, B., brasil@povo.com - A Luta contra a Desigualdade na Sociedade da Informação. Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Zahar.

2001

2000

1993

1990

1989

1987

  • SORJ, B., GOODMAN, D., WILKINSON, J., From Farming to Biotechnology - A Theory of Agroindustrial Development. Oxford, Blackwell. ISBN 0-7923-0278-8

1985

1983

1982

1980

1977

References

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