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Pablo González Casanova

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Pablo González Casanova
González Casanova in 2007
Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
In office
May 1970 (1970-05) – 1972[1]
Preceded byJavier Barros Sierra
Succeeded byGuillermo Soberón Acevedo
Personal details
Born
Pablo González Casanova y del Valle

(1922-02-11)11 February 1922
Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico[1]
Died18 April 2023(2023-04-18) (aged 101)
Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico[1]
OccupationSociologist, lawyer, historian

Pablo González Casanova y del Valle (11 February 1922 – 18 April 2023) was a Mexican lawyer, sociologist, and historian. He was awarded UNESCO's International José Martí Prize in 2003.[1][2]

González Casanova was born in Toluca, State of Mexico, in 1922. He took a degree in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and earned a master's degree in historical science at El Colegio de México. At the age of 28 he was awarded a doctorate in sociology by the Sorbonne.[1]

He served as rector of the UNAM from 1970 to 1972 and was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. In addition to the International José Martí Prize, he received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1984.[1]

He died in Tlalpan, Mexico City, in 2023, at the age of 101.[1]

Publications

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  • Misoneísmo y modernidad en el siglo XVIII en México (1948)
  • Una Utopía de América (Ed. El colegio de México)(1953)
  • Estudio de la Técnica Social (1958)
  • La literatura perseguida en la crisis de la Colonia (1958)
  • La democracia en México (1965)
  • Las categorías del desarrollo económico y la investigación en Ciencias Sociales (1977)
  • Sociología de la explotación (1980)
  • La nueva metafísica y el socialismo (1982)
  • El estado de los partidos políticos en México (1983)
  • Imperialismo y liberación en América Latina (1983)
  • La hegemonía del pueblo y la lucha centro-americana (1984)
  • Las Nuevas Ciencias y las Humanidades: De la Academia a la Política (Ed. Anthropos)(2004)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Demos, Editorial; Urrutia, Fernando Camacho Servín y Alonso. "La Jornada - Falleció Pablo González Casanova, destacado politólogo y sociólogo mexicano". www.jornada.com.mx.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam of Pablo González Casanova, International UNESCO/José Martí Prize Laureate 2003".