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'''Boaventura de Sousa Santos''' (1940) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is director of the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra and has written and published widely on the issues of globalization, sociology of law and the state, epistemology, social movements, and the World Social Forum. He has been awarded several prizes, most recently the Science and Technology Prize of Mexico, 2010, and the Kalven Jr. Prize of the Law and Society Association, 2011. 

==Works==
* ''[https://eg.uc.pt/bitstream/10316/87143/1/Um%20Discurso%20Sobre%20as%20Ciencias_7%20ed_1995.pdf Um discurso sobre as ciências]'', Porto: Afrontamento, 1987, 58 pp; [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8899E29A9AF3529209ACAA1474C5ECF3 repr.], São Paulo: Cortez, 2003. {{pt}}
** ''Un discurs sobre les ciències: introducció a una ciència postmoderna'', trans. Vicent Berenguer, Xàtiva: CREC, and Valencia: Denes, 2003, 208 pp. {{ca}}

* ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/pages/pt/livros/toward-a-new-common-sense-law-science-and-politics-in-the-paradigmatic-transition.php Toward a New Common Sense: Law, Science and Politics in the Paradigmatic Transition]'', New York: Routledge, 1995, xiv+614 pp. {{en}}
** ''Para um novo senso comum: a ciência, o direito e a política na transição paradigmática'', Porto: Afrontamento, 2000; repr., São Paulo: Cortez, 2000. {{pt}}
** ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/critica_de_la_razon_indolente.pdf Para un nuevo sentido común: la ciencia, el derecho y la política en la transición paradigmática]'', Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer, 2000. {{es}}
** ''Vers un nouveau sens commun juridique: droit, science et politique dans la transition paradigmatique'', trans. Nathalie Gonzales Lajoie, Paris: Librairie Général de Droit et Jurisprudence (LGDJ), 2004, xiii+703 pp. {{fr}}

* ''Toward a New Legal Common Sense: Law, Globalization, and Emancipation'', London: Butterworths, 2002, xxiii+565 pp; 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2012, xxiii+564 pp; 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2020, xxxi+665 pp. {{en}}
** ''Mai xiang xin fa lü chang shi: Fa lü, Quan qiu hua he jie fang'' [迈向新法律常识: 法律, 全球化和解放], Beijing: Zhong guo ren min da xue chu ban she, 2009, 603 pp. {{cn}}

* editor, ''Produzir para viver: os caminhos da produção não capitalista'', Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2002, 514 pp; repr., Porto: Afrontamento, 2003, 438 pp. {{pt}}
** ''Produrre per vivere: le vie della produzione non capitalistica'', intro. Roberto Burlando and Alessio Surian, trans. David Santoro, Troina: Città aperta, 2005, 449 pp. {{it}}
** ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/pages/pt/livros/another-production-is-possible-beyond-the-capitalist-canon.php Another Production is Possible: Beyond the Capitalist Canon]'', London: Verso, 2006, lxii+488 pp, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/534edd6a334fe00789216862 ARG]. {{en}}
** ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=B1154EDF074BF903E1D1DBA6D6C61274 Producir para vivir: los caminos de la producción no capitalista]'', México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2011. {{es}}

* editor, with César A. Rodríguez-Garavito, ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/d43fb773-4461-446a-9f3a-73a7ca394885 Law and Globalization from Below: Towards a Cosmopolitan Legality]'', Cambridge University Press, 2005, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c5856f6c3a0e090c980600 ARG]. {{en}}

* ''O Fórum Social Mundial: manual de uso'', São Paulo: Cortez, 2005, 222 pp; Porto: Afrontamento, 2005, 217 pp. {{pt}}
** ''Foro social mundial: manual de uso'', trans. Joaquín Herrera Flores and Frans Limpens, Barcelona: Icaria, 2005, 271 pp. {{es}}
** ''Il Forum Sociale Mondiale: verso una globalizzazione antiegemonica'', trans. David Santoro, Troina: EdCittà Aperta, 2003, 119 pp. {{it}}
** ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/pages/pt/livros/the-rise-of-the-global-left.php The Rise of the Global Left: The World Social Forum and Beyond]'', London: Zed Books, 2006, xii+222 pp, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c5856f6c3a0e090c850b00 ARG]. {{en}}
** ''Quan qiu zuo yi zhi jue qi'' [全球左翼之崛起], trans. Xuenong Peng, Shanghai: Shanghai ren min, 2013, 214 pp. {{cn}}

* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=11454 Another Knowledge Is Possible: Beyond Northern Epistemologies]'', London: Verso, 2007, 447 pp. {{en}}

* ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/59239c4f9ff37c4e19cb5ef5 Una epistemología del sur: la reinvención del conocimiento y la emancipación social]'', ed. José Guadalupe Gandarilla Salgado, México: Siglo XXI, and Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2009, 368 pp. {{es}}

* ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/Desconolizar%20el%20saber_TRILCE.pdf Descolonizar el saber, reinventar el poder]'', Montevideo: Trilce, 2010; repr., Chile: LOM, 2013. {{es}}

* ''Se Deus fosse um ativista dos direitos humanos'', Coimbra: Almedina, 2013; [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=B5F6C2CEC25538BDE57C46D49F836EA0 repr.], São Paulo: Cortez, 2013, 167 pp. {{pt}}
** ''Si Dios fuese un activista de los derechos humanos'', trans. Carlos Martín Ramírez, Madrid: Trotta, 2014, 127 pp. {{es}}
** ''Om Gud var människorättsaktivist'', trans. Maria Åsard, Hägersten: Tankekraft, 2014, 166 pp. {{sw}}
** ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/1eb45836-7afc-4b4b-8aa5-6a2bf269b31c If God Were a Human Rights Activist]'', Stanford University Press, 2015, xv+130 pp. {{en}}
** ''Dacă Dumnezeu ar fi un activist pentru drepturile omului'', trans. Ovidiu Ţichindeleanu, Cluj: Idea Design & Print, 2016, 131 pp. {{ro}}
** ''Gdyby Bóg był aktywistą praw człowieka'', trans. Jakub Piotr Barszczewski, Kraków: Zakład Wydawniczy "Nomos", 2020, xxix+117 pp. {{pl}}

* ''[http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/pdf/resource/Epistemologies_of_the_South.pdf Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide]'', Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2014, xi+240 pp; repr., Routledge, 2016, [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5614a97b334fe03b391bebe8 ARG], [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=A3E881D2D636FBDEC76DEEE478D4BDFC PDF]. {{en}}
** ''Épistémologies du Sud: mouvements citoyens et polémique sur la science'', pref. Jean-Louis Laville, Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 2016, 437 pp. {{fr}}
** ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=EB81EE0ED748A30BCC9DEA738BFCFD4A Justicia entre saberes: epistemologías del Sur contra el epistemicidio]'', Madrid: Morata, 2017. {{es}}
** ''Epistemologien des Südens: gegen die Hegemonie des westlichen Denkens'', trans. Felix Schüring, Münster: Unrast, 2018, 383 pp. {{de}}
** ''Erkendelser fra Syd: retfærdighed med vidensdrab'', Copenhagen: Solidaritet, 2018, 442 pp. {{da}}

* ''Decolonising the University: The Challenge of Deep Cognitive Justice'', Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017, xxiii+457 pp. {{en}}

* editor, with José Manuel Mendes, ''Demodiversidade: imaginar novas possibilidades democráticas'', Lisbon: 70, 2017, 608 pp; repr., Belo Horizonte: Autentica, 2018, 420 pp. {{pt}}
** ''Demodiversity: Toward Post-Abyssal Democracies'', Routledge, 2020, 245 pp. [https://www.routledge.com/Demodiversity-Toward-Post-Abyssal-Democracies/Santos-Mendes/p/book/9780367512316] {{en}}

* ''As bifurcações da ordem: revolução, cidade, campo e indignação'', Coimbra: Almedina, 2017, 410 pp. {{pt}}
** ''Las bifurcaciones del orden: revolución, ciudad, campo e indignación'', trans. Àlex Tarradellas Gordo, Madrid: Trotta, and Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre, 2018, 292 pp. {{es}}

* ''Esquerdas do mundo, uni-vos!'', São Paulo: Boitempo, 2018, 88 pp. [https://www.boitempoeditorial.com.br/produto/esquerdas-do-mundo-uni-vos-783] {{pt}}
** ''Izquierdas del mundo, ¡uníos!'', Barcelona: Icaria, 2018, 151 pp; repr., Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre, and Ciudad de México: Siglo Veintiuno, 2019, 198 pp. {{es}}
** ''Sinistre di tutto il mondo unitevi!'', Rome: Castelvecchi, 2019, 144 pp. [http://www.castelvecchieditore.com/prodotto/sinistra-di-tutto-il-mondo-unitevi/] {{it}}

* ''O fim do império cognitivo: a afirmação das epistemologias do Sul'', Coimbra: Almedina, 2018, 535 pp; [http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9676344CB56CBBC356BB027333D4D9B0 repr.], Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2019, 478 pp. {{pt}}
** ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=E0476EE3B59BACF3D2855AC43A07D33A The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 2018, xiii+376 pp. Review: [https://www.societyandspace.org/articles/epistemology-and-decolonial-politics Parker] (Society+Space). {{en}}
** ''El fin del imperio cognitivo: la afirmación de las epistemologías del sur'', trans. Àlex Tarradellas Gordo, Madrid: Trotta, 2019, 454 pp. {{es}}

* ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/Antologia_Boaventura_PT1.pdf Construindo as Epistemologias do Sul: Antologia Esencial, 1: Para um pensamento alternativo de alternativas]'', Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2018, 688 pp. {{pt}}
** ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/Antologia_Boaventura_Vol1.pdf Construyendo las Epistemologías del Sur: antología esecial, 1]'', Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2018, 636 pp. {{es}}

* ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/Antologia_Boaventura_PT2.pdf Construindo as Epistemologias do Sul: Antologia Esencial, 2: Para um pensamento alternativo de alternativas]'', Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2018, 746 pp. {{pt}}
** ''[http://www.boaventuradesousasantos.pt/media/Antologia_Boaventura_Vol2.pdf Construyendo las Epistemologías del Sur: antología esecial, 2]'', Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2018, 768 pp. {{es}}

* editor, with Maria Paula Meneses, ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/df12695d-e92c-43ce-a09a-31164f6ee48b Knowledges Born in the Struggle: Constructing the Epistemologies of the Global South]'', Routledge, 2019, 299 pp. [https://www.routledge.com/Knowledges-Born-in-the-Struggle-Constructing-the-Epistemologies-of-the/Santos-Meneses/p/book/9780367362072] {{en}}
** ''Conocimientos nacidos en las luchas: construyendo las Epistemologías del Sur'', Madrid: Akal, 2020, 559 pp. {{es}}

* with Antoni Aguiló, ''Aprendizajes globales: descolonizar, desmercantilizar y despatriarcalizar desde las epistemologías del sur'', Barcelona: Icaria, 2019, 331 pp. {{es}}

* editor, with Cecilia MacDowell Santos and Bruno Sena Martins, ''Quem precisa dos direitos humanos?: precaridade, diferenças, interculturalidades'', Coimbra: Almedina, 2019, 390 pp. {{pt}}

* editor, with Bruno Sena Martins, ''El pluriverso de los derechos humanos: la diversidad de las luchas por la dignidad'', Ciudad de México: Akal, 2019, 543 pp. {{es}}
** ''The Pluriverse of Human Rights: The Diversity of Struggles for Dignity'', Routledge, 2021, 272 pp. [https://www.routledge.com/The-Pluriverse-of-Human-Rights-The-Diversity-of-Struggles-for-Dignity/Santos-Martins/p/book/9781032012216] {{en}}

* ''[https://www.cidadessaudaveis.org.br/cepedoc/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Livro-Boaventura-A-pedagogia-do-virus.pdf A cruel pedagogia do virus]'', Coimbra: Almedina, 2020. {{pt}}
** ''La crudele pedagogia del virus'', trans. Eliana Vitello, Rome: Castelvecchi, 2020, 44 pp. {{it}}

* ''O futuro começa agora: da pandemia à utopia'', Lisbon: 70, 2020, 542 pp; repr., São Paulo: Boitempo, 2021, 400 pp. {{pt}}
** ''El futuro comienza ahora: de la Pandemia a la utopía'', Madrid: Akal, 2021, 447 pp. {{es}}

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