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In memoriam

Professor Enrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini (1934-2021) was recognized as Professor Emeritus by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Academic College Session No. 320 held on March 9, 2010. He was also recognized as an Emeritus Researcher by the National System of Researchers.

He was born in Argentina and studied for a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy at the National University of Cuyo and in Religious Studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris. He continued his academic training with a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Central University of Madrid, Spain, and in History from La Sorbonne, Paris. He was an Emeritus Researcher in the National System of Researchers and a Full Professor at Level C in the Department of Philosophy at UAM, Iztapalapa Campus.

Professor Dussel dedicated his life to the study of Ethics and Political Philosophy, leaving a lasting legacy in these fields. He published over fifty books and 400 articles. Among his most notable works are: Marx and Modernity (2008), Politics of Liberation. Architectonic (2009), History of Latin American, Caribbean, and "Latino" Philosophical Thought (1300-2000) (2009), co-authored with Eduardo Mendieta and Carmen Bohórquez, Letter to the Indignant (2011), and Philosophies of the South. Decolonization and Transmodernity (2015).

Throughout his career, Professor Dussel received numerous accolades, including four Honorary Doctorates awarded by the University of Freiburg in Theology, the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in Bolivia, Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá, and the University of Chile. He was also honored with the Distinguished Visitor Award by the National University of General Sarmiento in Argentina, the Aristotle Medal by UNESCO in recognition of his contribution to Latin American philosophical thought, and the 2009 Libertador Prize for Critical Thought for his work Politics of Liberation. Architectonic.

Additionally, he received the 2009 Frantz Fanon Prize for his Philosophy of Liberation, awarded by the Caribbean Philosophy Association at the University of Miami, the Recognition for University Merit by the General Rectory of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and the 2000 Research Award in the Social Sciences and Humanities by UAM. He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Dussel's intellectual and humanistic legacy continues to inspire new generations of philosophers and thinkers in Latin America and around the world.