The thinker Giovanni Sartori dies at 92 years of age

The political scientist, sociologist and thinker Giovanni Sartori, author of reference works such as 'Theory of Democracy', has died at the age of 92, according to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, for which he collaborated as a columnist. He obtained numerous awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences in 2005. Born in Florence (1924), Sartori graduated in Social Sciences in 1946. He founded in 1971 the 'Italian Political Science Journal', which he directed for more 20 years. He had an extensive career as a professor and since 1976 he began teaching at universities in the United States, specifically, at Stanford and at Columbia, in New York, where he was Professor Emeritus. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico in 1996 and from the Complutense de Madrid in 2001. He analyzed the Italian political system and, in his later years, touched on issues such as multiculturalism, as well as being critical of Islamism. His latest book was published in 2015: 'The race to nowhere. Ten Lessons About Our Endangered Society '.