Roberto Mangabeira Unger
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| Roberto Mangabeira Unger | |
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| Born | 1947 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Professor of Law |
Roberto Unger is a Brazilian contemporary social theorist and law professor at Harvard Law School. He is one of the founders of the Critical Legal Studies movement. Unger has long been active in Brazilian and Latin American politics, as a candidate, political activist, and as an advisor to world leaders.
[edit] Biographical Notes.
- Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil of a Brazilian mother and an American father.
- Lived in the United States until he was 11.
- Returned to Brazil.
- Graduated from University in Brazil.
- In 1970, joined the Law School Faculty at Harvard.
- In 1976, was one of the youngest faculty to receive tenure at the Law School.
- Also in 1976, received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- In 2004, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
[edit] External links
Biographical Articles about Roberto Unger:
- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=274071 Guggenheim Gives Fellowships for '76:
Unger Gets Tenure, Too (The Harvard Crimson April, 5 1976)]
- Guggenheim Fellows for 1976 (Guggenheim Foundation Website)
- "The Passion of Roberto Unger" , Eyal Press, (Lingua Franca, March 1999)
- Carlos Castilho, "Brazil's Consigliere: Unger Leaves Lectern to Stand Behind the Throne." (World Paper, April 2000)
- Simon Romero, "Destination: São Paulo" (Metropolis, October 2000) This article is about São Paulo, Brazil, but it has a lengthy discussion of Unger's political activism there and many quotes from Unger.
- Meltzer Elected to American Acadmey of Arts and Sciences (HLS News May 13, 2004)
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