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Sebastian studied philosophy at the Alberto Hurtado University where he received a BA degree cum laude in November 2011. During this period, he was an undergraduate teaching assistant and also obtained a research grant as an associate researcher from FONDECYT. In December 2014, he obtained his MA degree in Latin American studies cum laude at Leiden University. In his MA thesis, Sebastian explored the ideological and political foundations of the technocrats who were partially in charge of decision-making during Pinochet’s regime. It is important to mention that Sebastian had the chance to obtain this MA after having been selected as a scholarship holder by CONICYT. In December 2015, Sebastian was awarded one of the three LASP positions granted by the NWO to conduct a four-year Ph.D. research at the Institute for History of Leiden University.

Current research:

Intellectuals, think tanks and the right-wing in Chile (1990-2018): Between ideological renewal and pragmatic adaptation.

Since democratic restoration in 1990 Chilean right-wing parties and think tanks have attempted to reformulate and readapt their ideological framework to the new political context. This has led to the emergence of new political movements and a series of think tanks in which two main visions are disputing the hegemony within the Right. While one sector has developed a critical view of the existing neoliberal economic model and is attempting to reformulate their ideological postulates, the other sector argues that only tactical and pragmatic adaptations are required.
My Ph.D. project focuses on a series of initiatives of ideological renewal the Chilean right-wing has conducted in the last thirty years. This has been meanly led by a young generation of intellectuals who have established a series of think tanks to generate new ideas and strategies to make possible a renewal process.
Phone: +31 71 527 2796
Address: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
Institute for History
Latijns-Amerika studies

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2311 BX Leiden
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Papers by Sebastián Rumié Rojo

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales⎥Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoNueva Época, Año LXIV, núm. 235 ⎥ enero-abril de 2019 ⎥ pp. 139-164⎥ ISSN-2448-492X, 2019

En 1973 la libertad política fue suspendida en Chile abriendo paso a un régimen autoritario que b... more En 1973 la libertad política fue suspendida en Chile abriendo paso a un régimen autoritario que buscó instalar un nuevo orden político y socioeconómico. Para ello, se establecieron nue-vas normas jurídicas y una serie de reformas económicas a cargo de un grupo de tecnócratas neoliberales conocidos como Chicago Boys. Este artículo expone las principales características de la racionalidad tecnocrática, así como la relación de ésta con el autoritarismo y el neoliberalismo. En particular, se justifica mediante fuentes primarias porqué los Chicago Boys son tecnócratas, así como cuáles son las propiedades particulares de la tecnocracia neoliberal. La hipótesis es que la tecnocracia neoliberal y tradicional poseen características distintas entre sí, sobre todo cuando es analizado el papel que el experto desempeña al planificar la sociedad.

Book chapters by Sebastián Rumié Rojo

Stephanie Alenda (ed): Anatomía de la derecha chilena: Estado, mercado y valores en Tiempos de Cambio. Fondo de Cultura Económica., 2020

Thesis by Sebastián Rumié Rojo

MA Thesis - Leiden University, 2014

Socio-political Analysis by Sebastián Rumié Rojo