José Paulo Netto

José Paulo Netto (born November 29, 1947) is a Brazilian writer, social worker and university teacher, known for his reception and dissemination of György Lukács in Brazil, and later for his studies of the work of Karl Marx.

He is Professor Emeritus of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Doctor ''Honoris Causa'' of the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, has a degree and a doctorate in Social Work. He is also a professor at the UFRJ.

A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), Netto is currently one of the main researchers of Karl Marx 's works in Brazil and is also responsible for translations of texts by classic authors such as Friedrich Engels and Vladmir Lenin. Provided by Wikipedia