Bernardo Sorj


Bernardo Sorj is a Brazilian social scientist, retired professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is Director of The Edelstein Center for Social Research and of the Plataforma Democrática Project. He has published 30 books and more than 100 articles, on Latin American political development, international relations, the social impact of new technologies, social theory and Judaism.

Biography

Sorj begun his studies in Social Sciences in Uruguay and completed his B.A. and M.A. in History and Sociology from the University of Haifa, Israel, and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Manchester in England.
He is a naturalized Brazilian, living in Brazil since 1976. He was professor at the Department of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and at the :pt:Instituto de Relações Internacionais da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro|Institute for International Relations - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and visiting professor and chair at many European and North American universities, including the Chaire Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, at the :fr:Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme|Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme, in Paris, and the Cátedra Simón Bolívar of the :fr:Institut des hautes études d'Amérique latine|Institut des hautes études d'Amérique Latine -.
He is member of the board of several academic journals, advisor to scientific institutions and consultant to international organizations. He is also the coordinator of SciELO Latin American Social Sciences Journals English Edition, a site offering free access to 30 Latin American journals translated into English. In 2005 he was elected Brazil's Man of Ideas.

Books

2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
  • . São Paulo: Paz e Terra.
  • . Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
  • SORJ, B. Judaísmo para todos. Lisboa: Edições Cotovia.
2009
  • SORJ, B. Judaísmo para todos. Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI. .
2008
  • . Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI.
  • SORJ, B; MARTUCCELLI, D. . Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
2007
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2006
  • SORJ, B., BONDER, N. Judaísmo para el Siglo XXI - El Rabino y el Sociólogo. Buenos Aires. Lilmod.. .
2005
  • SORJ, B., La democracia inesperada. Preface by Guillermo O'Donnell. Buenos Aires: Bononiae University Press/Prometeo Libros.. .
  • Rio de Janeiro: Unesco - Editora Gramma.
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2004
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2003
2001
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2000
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1993
  • Rio de Janeiro, Imago. .
1990
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  • SORJ, B., La Biotecnología Industrial en América Latina. Rio de Janeiro, Fundação BIORIO.
  • SORJ, B., GOODMAN, D., WILKINSON, J., Da Lavoura às Biotecnologias: agricultura e indústria no sistema internacional. Rio de Janeiro, Campus. .
1989
  • SORJ, B., CANTLEY, M., SIMPSON, K., Biotechnology in Europe and Latin America: Prospects for co-operation, Kluwer, Dordrecht. .
1987
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1985
  • SORJ, B., CARDOSO, F.H., FONT, M., Economia e Movimentos Sociais na América Latina. São Paulo, Brasiliense. .
1983
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  • SORJ, B., TAVARES, M.H., Sociedade e Política no Brasil Pós-64. São Paulo, Brasiliense. .
1982
  • SORJ, B., POMPERMAYER, M., CORADINI, L., Camponeses e Agroindústria - Transformação Social e Representação Política na Avicultura Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro, Zahar. .
1980
  • SORJ, B., Estado e classes sociais na agricultura brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar. .
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