(Lima, 1953) has dedicated much of his professional activity to university teaching in the fields of sociology, philosophy and communications. He has also worked in psychoanalytical psychotherapy. He is the author of books such as El conflicto de las sensibilidades: propuesta para una interpretación y crítica del siglo XX peruano (1991); El laberinto de la choledad (first edition 1992); El poder delgado: el diseño cultural peruano (1996); Composición sin título: sobre democracia y diversidad cultural en el Perú (1998); El orden tutelar: sobre las formas de autoridad en América Latina (2010) and various articles in specialist books and journals. He has lectured at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (1996-2012) and is currently with the Social Science Faculty of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos