Gabriel
Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is a Chilean historian in Chile. He is known in his country for his study of historical and cultural studies and the interpretations that accompany popular movements, including recent protests among students of the year 2006 and 2011-12. Salazar was born to an impoverished family. Salazar attended Universidad de Chile and studied the fields of sociology, philosophy and historical studies. In addition, he was an assistant to Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the great historian. [1] Salazar was an active member of the Revolutionary Left Movement until 1973. Also, he was tortured by the army in Villa Grimaldi that same year. When he was released from the military prison camp He fled to England. He was awarded a scholarship to further his education in the University of Hull. From that university, he earned a PhD master's degree within Economic and Social History in 1984. In the following year, he returned Chile. Relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough came in the year 1985. He studied peons as well working class and proletarians. [1] Salazar is among the founders of the historiographic current known as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar views history as an effective instrument for social action. Interview with Salazar: Salazar claimed that he is a "leftist social historian, critical" He also disapproved of the phrase "Marxist".




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