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Peruvian anthropologist, sociologist and political scientist (1932–2019)

Julio Cotler
Born Julio Syuñik Cotler Dolberg(1932-04-12)12 April 1932Lima, Peru
Died 5 April 2019(2019-04-05) (aged 86)Lima, Peru
Education National University of San MarcosUniversity of Bordeaux
Occupations Anthropologistsociologistpolitical scientist

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.

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.

He 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]

Cotler's best known work is Clases, Estado y Nación en el Perú (1992).[4] This book has been described as "an ambitious and intelligently written book which seeks to explain why Peru has failed to develop into a true nation-state with full control over its economy and government" and argues that Peru's problem are due to the country's colonial heritage under Spain.[5]

  1. ^ "Falleció destacado sociólogo Julio Cotler Dolberg" [Noted sociologist Julio Cotler Dolberg passes away]. Andina (in Spanish). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Sensible fallecimiento de Julio Cotler, ex director general e investigador principal del IEP" [Sensitive death of Julio Cotler, former IEP CEO and principal investigator]. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos [_Institute of Peruvian Studies_] (in Spanish). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ Rodríguez Mackay, Miguel Ángel (6 April 2019). "Julio Cotler y la herencia colonial" [Julio Cotler and the colonial heritage]. Diario Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Paredes Laos, Jorge (5 April 2019). ""Clases, estado y nación en el Perú", la mayor obra de Julio Cotler" ["Classes, State and Nation in Peru", Julio Cotler's major work]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ Gonzales, Michael J. (1980). "Review of Clases, estado y nación en el Perú". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 60 (2): 362–363. doi:10.1215/00182168-60.2.362a.