Gonzalez Olvera, P. and Cattafi Bambaci, C. (2023). International Relations between Theory and Practice: Essays in Tribute to Modesto Seara Vazquez. Mexico. AMEI. 142 pp.

Seara Vazquez: A Modest Humanist

Authors

  • Guillermo Gutiérrez Nieto Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59673/amag.v2i2.90

Keywords:

Modesto Seara Vázquez, International Relations, theory, practice

Abstract

Among the virtues of Renaissance humanists are the reclamation of classical authors as a sense of familiarity and intellectual closeness, the analytical reading of reality to stimulate a critical attitude, analysis based on perceived experience and reality, and the pursuit of collective improvement grounded in complete understanding and powerful rhetoric. All these qualities, with their variations and styles, are evident in the life and work of Modesto Seara Vázquez (Spain, 1931-Mexico, 2022), an academic and intellectual whose death left a vast legacy of analysis, concepts, and methods to his students and friends.

Although he himself shared his education and career in an unfinished autobiography, the Mexican Association of International Studies (AMEI) recently published International Relations between Theory and Practice: Essays in Tribute to Modesto Seara Vázquez, a book edited by Pedro González Olvera and Carmelo Cattafi, which includes six essays on the fundamental contributions of this contemporary humanist to the field of international relations.

Author Biography

Guillermo Gutiérrez Nieto, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

He holds a degree in International Relations from UNAM and a master's degree in Administration through the online education system of ITESM. He earned a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the National Institute of Public Administration of Mexico. He joined the Mexican Foreign Service in 1992 and currently serves as Counselor. At the Mexican Foreign Ministry, he has worked in the Secretary's Advisory Coordination, the Diplomatic Historical Archive, the General Directorate for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Matías Romero Institute of Diplomatic Studies. Abroad, he has been part of Mexico's representations in Belize as Director of the Institute of Cooperation and Culture; in Bolivia as Cultural and Press Attaché; in Chicago as Consul of Documentation; in Indianapolis as Alternate Consul; and at the Mexican Delegation to the OECD, where he was responsible for science and technology, transportation, and public governance issues. Since 2022, he has been the head of the chancery at the Mexican Embassy in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of Science and Diplomacy: The Virtuous Conjugation (AMEI, 2023) and has been an editor for the journals Litoral (cultural), Proa (of the Mexican Foreign Service Association), and Cambiavías (literary). His articles and essays on international issues and Mexican culture have been published in national and international media.

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Published

2024-08-18

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): AMAG

Section

Bibliographic Essays