Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga

Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga (Barcelona, 1942 — May 1991, Madrid) was a Spanish sociologist, who from 1988 until his death was president of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.

Career Obtaining his bachelor's degree at ICADE, Rodríguez graduated from the 1970 class of the Complutense University of Madrid with his Doctor of Law, his thesis being on the French academic Raymond Aron. From 1969 to 1971, he studied sociology at the University of Pau and the Adour Region, collaborating with Spanish exiles like Manuel Tuñón de Lara.

Works Sources:

Raymond Aron y la sociedad industrial, Madrid, CIS, 1973. Elites y democracia, Valencia, Ed. Fernando Torres, 1976. Para una lectura crítica de Durkheim, Madrid, Akal, 1978. With C. Iglesias y J. Aramberri, Los orígenes de la teoría sociológica, Madrid, Akal, 1980.

Tocqueville. Recuerdos de la Revolución de 1848, Madrid, Editora Nacional, 1984. With (comps.), Sociología contemporánea. Ocho temas a debate, Madrid, CIS, 1984.