The sociologist Sergio Miceli, professor at the University of São Paulo, USP, who became one of the main references in the study of Brazilian culture, died this Friday at the age of 80. The information was confirmed by its publisher, Todavia.
Miceli was president of Edusp, the publisher of USP, a position he has held since 2022. At the head of the institution, he defended the strengthening of university editorial production and the circulation of academic works of public interest.
Since the 1970s, his pioneering work has opened new avenues for understanding the relationships between culture, politics and religion in Brazil. Throughout his career, he taught at Fundação Getulio Vargas, Unicamp and USP, where he became a full professor and trained generations of social science researchers.
Miceli also played a central role in the introduction and dissemination of the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in the country, becoming a reference in studies of intellectual elites, cultural institutions and symbolic production.
Author and organizer of dozens of works, he also worked as editor and coordinator of collections in different publishing houses. For However, he published “Sonhos da Periferia” (2018), on Argentine modernism, and “Lira Mensageira” (2022).
In a statement, Todavia lamented the death of the sociologist and highlighted his work as an intellectual, teacher and publisher. The USP presbytery also expressed its regrets and solidarity with family, friends and the academic community.
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