Rethinking the Role of Religion in Orlando Fals Borda's Ideas of Social Change, 1948-1970
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501414 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Mario Díaz-Arévalo (0000-0001-9475-0977, University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 172-190 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x221099445 |
| OpenAlex | W4281713689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Scholars of the renowned Colombian sociologist and cofounder of participatory action research Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008) have generally acknowledged that both his Presbyterian upbringing and his friendship with the Catholic priest Camilo Torres strongly influenced his thinking and writing. An examination of the way this religious background appears in his early academic writing both extends and refines this more conventional view by considering how his involvement in religious matters influenced his understanding of what social change was and hence of his role as a sociologist committed to it. Analysis of the complex network of knowledges and relations articulated with regard to Fals Borda's involvement with religious matters during a crucial stage of his intellectual history sheds light on the close relation between ethics, social research, and politics at the basis of participatory action research. Estudiosos del reconocido sociólogo colombiano y co-fundador de la investigación acción participativa Orlando Fals Borda (1925-2008) suelen reconocer que tanto su educación presbiteriana como su amistad con el sacerdote católico Camilo Torres influyeron fuertemente en su pensamiento y escritura. Una investigación de la forma en que este trasfondo religioso aparece en su escritura académica temprana extiende y refina esta percepción un tanto convencional al considerar cómo su participación en asuntos religiosos influyó en su comprensión de lo que implicaba el cambio social y, por lo tanto, de su papel como sociólogo comprometido. El análisis de la compleja red de conocimientos y relaciones articuladas en torno a la participación de Fals Borda en asuntos religiosos durante un período crucial de su historia intelectual arroja lluz sobre la estrecha relación entre la ética, la investigación y la política que forma la base de la investigación acción participativa
Character (mathematics) · Citizen journalism · Friendship · Humanities · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Relation (database) · Social science · Social thought · Sociology · Anthropology · Latin American Cultural Politics · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Public Policy and Governance
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |