%0 Journal Article %T Jos¨¦ Medina Echavarr¨ªa. Un cl¨¢sico de la sociolog¨ªa mexicana %A Morales Mart¨ªn %A Juan Jes¨²s %J Desacatos %D 2010 %I Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog¨ªa Social %X this article seeks to describe jos¨¦ medina echavarr¨ªa's intellectual stay in mexico, between 1939 and 1946. it is specially centred on evaluating his contribution to the emergent institutionalization process of mexican sociology, as a pioneer of this scientific field, given his work at several institutions such as the universidad nacional aut¨®noma de m¨¦xico (national autonomous university of mexico), the fondo de cultura econ¨®mica (economic culture fund), or the pioneering centro de estudios sociales (centre for social studies) of el colegio de m¨¦xico. this biographic stage of the spaniard exiled is characterized by a disseminating and theoretical style that allows considering him a classic in mexican sociology, for opening paths and perspectives. %K jos¨¦ medina echavarr¨ªa %K history %K mexican sociology %K spanish sociology %K sociology of sociology %K sociological theory. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-92742010000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en