About Sergio Bagú
Lived 1911 – 2002 (aged 91). Sergio Bagú was an Argentine historian, sociologist and philosopher.
Sergio Bagú (January 10, 1911 – December 2, 2002) was an Argentine Marxist historian, sociologist and political philosopher.
Bagú, who was born in Buenos Aires, was a lecturer at the University of Illinois, Middlebury College and the University of Buenos Aires. As a university professor, he was exiled by the military junta in Argentina following the 1966 Argentine Revolution. He died in Mexico City.
His most important book Economía de la sociedad colonial (The Economy of Colonial Society, 1949) was one of the first to challenge the idea of Latin American feudalism (dominant among the Communist parties of that time) and emphasize the capitalist dimension of the colonization of America.
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Who was Sergio Bagú?
Marxist historian and sociologist (1911–2002)
When was Sergio Bagú born?
Sergio Bagú was born on 10 January 1911 in Buenos Aires.
When did Sergio Bagú die?
Sergio Bagú died on 2 December 2002 in Mexico City.
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Sergio Bagú was a historian, sociologist and philosopher.
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Sergio Bagú was Argentine.
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