Blog 6

Tomás Moulian E. is a Chilean sociologist who has investigated, as well as critiqued neoliberal capitalism as a socioeconomic model present in Chile since the end of the Pinochet regime in 1990. Moulian studied sociology at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile during 1959-63. He later continued his studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, during 1963-65. One of my favourite books by this author has been “El deseo de otro Chile”, where Moulian firstly describes the state of Chile as a nation. He later narrates a national political program where he recounts the aspirational future of Chile, complete with socioeconomic and political proposals, which is based on a historical marxist point of view. This book was published in 2010 and it has served as complementary material during my first year of my sociology major. Moulian is an inspiring sociologist, who is an intellectual and with his acquired knowledge about Chilean society has served the people of his country.