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| Tomás Moulian | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tomás Moulian |
| Birth date | 1939 |
| Birth place | Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation | Sociologist, political scientist, essayist, professor |
| Alma mater | University of Chile, University of Paris |
| Notable works | "Chile actual: anatomía de un mito", "El consenso neoliberal" |
Tomás Moulian is a Chilean sociologist, political scientist, essayist, and public intellectual noted for critical analyses of Chilean politics, Latin American democratization, and neoliberal reforms. He has taught at the University of Chile and engaged in public debates involving figures and institutions such as Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet, Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, and Michelle Bachelet. His work intersects with scholarship associated with the Sociology faculties of Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Latin American studies programs, and think tanks across Santiago and Buenos Aires.
Born in Santiago in 1939, he grew up amid political currents shaped by the presidencies of Pedro Aguirre Cerda and Gabriel González Videla and the rise of parties such as the Radical Party and the Socialist Party of Chile. He completed undergraduate studies at the University of Chile where contemporaries included scholars linked to the Centro de Estudios Públicos and the Instituto de Estudios Políticos. He pursued postgraduate training in sociology and political science at institutions influenced by the intellectual legacies of Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and the Frankfurt School, with periods of study in Paris and contacts with researchers at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.
He held professorships and research positions at the University of Chile, collaborating with colleagues from departments connected to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the Universidad de Concepción. His academic network included exchanges with faculty from the London School of Economics, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He published articles in journals alongside contributors from the Journal of Latin American Studies, Comparative Politics, and regional periodicals produced by the Centro de Estudios Públicos and the FLACSO network. He participated in conferences hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Organization of American States.
A participant in political debates during the Popular Unity (Chile) era, he engaged with intellectual currents surrounding leaders like Salvador Allende and groups such as the MAPU and the Christian Democratic Party (Chile). After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he became associated with critics of the military junta under Augusto Pinochet and allied with human rights organizations including Vicariate of Solidarity and Amnesty International offices in Santiago. In later decades he engaged with progressive coalitions aligned with figures such as Patricio Aylwin, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Ricardo Lagos, and civil society movements connected to Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria and contemporary groups near Frente Amplio (Chile). His activism intersected with labor organizations like the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores and student movements associated with the Confederation of Students of Chile.
His major works include "Chile actual: anatomía de un mito" and "El consenso neoliberal", texts that critique the policy prescriptions associated with Chicago Boys, the International Monetary Fund, and structural adjustment programs promoted by the World Bank. He analyzed the political transition frameworks tied to the 1990 Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia governments and debated reforms proposed by administrations of Patricio Aylwin, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Ricardo Lagos, and Michelle Bachelet. His essays reference theoretical resources from Antonio Gramsci, Pierre Bourdieu, Karl Polanyi, John Maynard Keynes, and debates sparked by scholars at the Centro de Estudios Públicos and the CIEPLAN research institute. He addressed topics such as privatization of services exemplified by reforms in Telefónica Chile and pension changes following models influenced by José Piñera and regulatory frameworks linked to the Superintendencia de Pensiones.
His critiques engaged commentators across media outlets like El Mercurio, La Tercera, La Nación (Chile), and international press including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Le Monde. Academic responses came from scholars at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, FLACSO Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and research centers such as Cepal and the Brookings Institution. Politicians from the Concertación and later coalitions responded to his assessments, as did economists linked to the Chicago School and advisors from the International Monetary Fund, generating debates in forums like the Congreso Nacional de Chile and public symposia hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.
He has family ties within Santiago’s intellectual circles and maintained relationships with figures from cultural institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Chile), the Teatro Nacional Chileno, and the Sociedad de Escritores de Chile. His personal archive has been consulted by researchers at the Archivo Nacional de Chile and the Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. He has been a public commentator on anniversaries of events including the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and developments in constitutional processes such as the 2019–2020 Chilean protests and the 2022 Chilean constitutional plebiscite.
Category:Chilean sociologists Category:Chilean political scientists Category:University of Chile faculty