José Medina Echavarria: An intellectual profile

José Medina Echavarría is one of the most important sociologists of Latin America, and he was the sociologist who has exerted most influence in CEPAL, where he worked with minor interruptions from 1952 until his death in 1977. This article seeks to give an overall view of his work, with the central purpose of showing the mainstream that is to be found by the serious reader of Medina’s work.