Edelberto Torres-Rivas, Historical Sociology and the Notion of Dependence

Authors

  • Julieta Carla Rostica CONICET

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21057/10.21057/repamv14n1.2020.25830

Keywords:

Historical sociology, dependence, development, Latin America

Abstract

The most important reference in Central American sociology so far is Edelberto Torres-Rivas. One of the foundational moments of his academic life was spent in Chile, when he participated in a study group, at the Instituto Latinoamericano de Planificación Económica y Social of CEPAL, headed by Fernando Henrique Cardoso and from which the most important book of dependentism emerged: Dependencia y desarrollo en América Latina of Cardoso and Enzo Faletto, published in 1969. As a result of this experience Torres-Rivas published Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, also in 1969. This essay intends to analyze this work by Edelberto Torres-Rivas and put it into dialogue with the work of Cardoso and Falleto, to illuminate the contact points of a true Latin American historical sociology founded in the heat of the fruitful debates in the sixties.

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Published

2020-06-03

How to Cite

Rostica, J. C. (2020). Edelberto Torres-Rivas, Historical Sociology and the Notion of Dependence. Journal of Resarch Studies on the Americas, 14(1), 79–99. https://doi.org/10.21057/10.21057/repamv14n1.2020.25830

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020)

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