Eduardo CesarFormer President: recognition of academic accomplishments and politicsEduardo Cesar
The U.S. Library of Congress announced that the former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, will receive the John W. Kluge Award. The distinction, which includes the amount of US$ 1 million, will be presented on July 10 in Washington. The Kluge Award recognizes scholars of the humanities and social sciences. First released in 2003, it has not been awarded regularly and was last granted last in 2008. The seven previous winners include philosophers Paul Ricoeur and Leszek Kolakowski, as well as historians John Hope Franklin and Yu Ying-shih. “His academic analysis of government social structures, economics and race relations in Brazil established the intellectual basis for his leadership as president at the time of Brazil’s transformation from a military dictatorship with high inflation into a vivid and more inclusive democracy with strong economic growth,” stated the Library of Congress communiqué. The former president is the author or coauthor of more than 23 academic books and 116 scientific articles. “Cardoso became known for the innovative analysis he developed with Enzo Faletto, a Chilean scholar, in the debate of the best solutions for development,” the communiqué continues, referring to the book Dependency and Development in Latin America, from 1969.
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