Latin American right and left in the labyrinth of the university question. Political-intellectual contrasts between Darcy Ribero and Rudolph Atcon (1960-1970)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to trace how a transnational discourse on the university crisis was woven in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, with two political and intellectual figures playing a key role: the Brazilian Darcy Ribeiro on the left, and the Greek-born American Rudolph Atcon on the right. These two figures wove a Latin American debate on the university that circulated thanks tothe publication of various books and magazines. In turn, the paths and setbacks they both suffered in their professional careers reveal the changing political pulses in the various countries they traveled through and where they interacted with various political, social, and cultural actors during the 1960s and 1970s.