Anthropologist (UNAM) and sociologist (El Colegio de Mexico). Professor-Researcher, Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS). He has published about 240 papers, including 21 books as sole author and co-authored 70 works.            Among his works are: The ethno-national question, Fontamara, Mexico, 1988; Ethnicity, nation and politics, Juan Pablos Editor, Mexico, 1990; Regional autonomy, Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico, 1991; with Noam Chomsky et al, Chiapas insurgents, Txalaparta, Navarra., 1995; Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. The quest for self-determination, Westview Press / Harper Collins Publishers, Colorado / Oxford, 1997; The Zapatista rebellion and autonomy, Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico, 1997; Miscellaneous Mexico. The debate for autonomy, Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico, 2002; The canon Snorri. Cultural diversity and tolerance, UACM, 2004; The labyrinth of identity, UNAM, Mexico, 2006; In praise of diversity. Globalization, multiculturalism and etnofagia, Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico, 2006; Cultural diversity and autonomy in Mexico, Nostra Editions, Mexico, 2009, and Devil's Kitchen. 2006 Fraud and intellectuals, Editorial Planeta, Temas de Hoy, Mexico, 2012