Dr. Roberto Agramonte was a philosopher and Cuban politician

Politician

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He graduated from the University of Havana School of Law. Dr. Agramonte was also the Dean

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 of School of Philosophy

Philosophy

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 and Letters at the University of Havana

University of Havana

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. From 1947 to 1948, he was the Ambassador

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 of Cuba to Mexico

Mexico

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. In 1948, he returned to Cuba to run for Vice-President of Cuba with Dr. Eduardo Chibás

Eduardo Chibás

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 (as President).

He was the first Foreign Minister

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 of the Cuban Revolution

Cuban Revolution

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. He later resigned because of the Communist tilt of the government. In May 1960, he left Cuba for Puerto Rico

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 with his family.

He was the son of Frank Agramonte and María Pichardo y Pichardo. He was married to Concha María de la Concepción del Río y Madueño and they had two children, Roberto and Conchita Agramonte-del Rio.

Publications

• La biología de la democracia (1927),
• Programa de filosofía moral (1928),
• Tratado de psicología general: un estudio sistemático de la conducta humana, 2t, (1935, 1959);
• Biografía del dictador García Moreno (1935) (premiada),
• El pensamiento filosófico de Varona (1935);
• Varona, el filósofo del escepticismo creador (1938, 1949) (premiada),
• Varona: Su vida, su obra y su influencia (Investigación compartida con Elías Entralgo y Medardo Vitier);
• Sociología (1947, 1949).
• José A. Caballero y los orígenes de la conciencia cubana (1952),
• Sociología de la Universidad (1950, 1958),
• Mendieta Nuñez y su magisterio sociológico (1961);
• Sociología contemporánea (1963);
• Sociología latinoamericana (1963);
• Principios de sociología: un libro para latinoamericanos (1965);
• Martí y su concepción del mundo (1971);
• Sociología: Curso Introductorio (1972, 1978);
• Martí y su concepción de la sociedad Parte I (1979), Parte II (1984);