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Edgardo Lander

Professor of Social Sciences at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas.

Lander is one of the leading thinkers and writers on the left in Venezuela, both supportive and constructively critical of the Venezuelan revolution under Chavez. He is actively involved in social movements in the Americas that defeated the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA).

He is a member of the Latin American Social Science Council’s (CLACSO) research group on Hegemonies and Emancipations and on the editorial board of the academic journal Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales. He is currently
part of the steering committee of the Hemispheric Council of the Social
Forum of the Americas. 

Among other publications, Lander has written and edited: Contribución a la crítica del marxismo realmente existente: Verdad, ciencia y tecnología; La ciencia y la tecnología como asuntos políticos; Límites de la democracia en la sociedad tecnológica; Neoliberalismo, sociedad civil y democracia.

Politics in Latin America and Venezuela; Critique of eurocentric and colonial character of modern social science knowledge; democratic theory; limits of industrial civilization and economic growth; Chavez and Venezuela; Latin American Left.

English, Spanish

Edgardo Lander is frequently cited in international newspapers such as
the New York Times and has been regularly interviewed for television
and radio.

Recent content by Edgardo Lander

How the myth of unlimited growth is destroying the planet (15 Dec 2009)

Economic growth and continued expansion are a vital requirement for the current pattern of civilisation. We need to change this if we are to solve the climate crisis.

Contours of Climate Justice (25 Nov 2009)

This publication aims to contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of the emerging climate justice movement and to create resonances between different perspectives and spheres of engagement. The activities around the COP 15 in Copenhagen are a starting point in the creation of such a broad movement

Video debate: Struggle over Venezuela referendum (7 Dec 2007)
Contribution to the debate on the proposed Constitutional Reform in Venezuela (23 Nov 2007)
The economic policy of the Latin American left in government: (23 Nov 2007)

Venezuela has undergone profound political and social changes since Hugo Chávez assumed the presidency in February 1999, which have been reflected in the fundamental pillars of the government’s economic policy.

Party disciplinarians: the threat to dissidence and democracy in the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (28 Sep 2007)
Dominant tendencies of our days. Is our time running out? (1 Jan 2007)
Those who do not learn from history (1 Jan 2007)
The Economic Policies of the Latin American Left in Government: the Venezuelan Case (1 Oct 2006)
Racism and the Colonial Legacy in Venezuela (20 Feb 2006)
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