Boaventura de Sousa Santos wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Boaventura de Sousa Santos as Portuguese sociologist.
Boaventura de Sousa Santos was born at Coimbra in 1940. His recorded nationality is Portugal. He studied at Law School of the University of Coimbra.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Warwick and University of Coimbra.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Adam Podgórecki Prize, Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2009) and Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
That the work was done from Portugal matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Adam Podgórecki Prize
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) — 2009
- Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
- Held posts at University of Warwick and University of Coimbra
