Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara, a Chilean historian was born 31 January 1936. The country is famous for his research in sociology as well as the way he interprets movements. Particularly, he was prominent during student protests in 2011, 2012 and 2006. Salazar was raised by the poorest of families. He studied the fields of sociology, history, and philosophy on the Universidad de Chile. He worked as an assistant to Mario Gongora, a classical historian, and Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. 1. Salazar used to be a member of the Revolutionary Left Movement until 1973. He was also tortured by the army in Villa Grimaldi that same year. In 1976, he was released from a military prison camp and was exiled to the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, he was granted a scholarship for further study at University of Hull. In 1984, he was awarded the distinction of receiving a PhD from the University of Hull in Economic and Social History. In the following year after that, he returned to Chile. Unknown to many, Salazar's breakthrough happened in 1985. He was a scholar of peons and laborers and proletarians. Salazar is one founder of Nueva Historia Social which is an historical movement. Salazar considers history to be an efficient tool to facilitate social action. Salazar has stated that he's a leftist and critical social historian in an interview. He has resisted the "Marxist description."