Marina Garcés

Marina Garcés
Marina Garcés
Marina Garcés in 2018
Born (1973-11-28) 28 November 1973 (age 51)
Barcelona, Spain
Known forPhilosopher
Notable workFilosofia inacabada

Marina Garcés Mascareñas (born 28 November 1973 in Barcelona)[1] is a Spanish philosopher and essayist.[2] She is a professor of philosophy at the University of Zaragoza[3] and part of a collective project of critical and experimental thinking called Espai en Blanc (Blank Space).[4] She has published several essays on contemporary politics and critical thought,[5][6] including Filosofía inacabada (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2015), Fora de classe. Textos de filosofia de guerrilla (Arcadia, 2016), Nova il·lustració radical (Anagrama, 2018) and Ciutat Princesa (2018)[7][8]

Biography

Garcés studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona, where she received her doctorate in 2001. Since 2002, she promotes and coordinates the “Espai en Blanc” (Blank Space) project, a collective investment towards a committed, practical and experimental relationship with philosophical thinking.[3] Garcés lives in Barcelona but works at the University of Zaragoza, where she teaches a philosophy course on comparative philosophies of East and West.[9] Her work has been influenced by philosophers like Merleau-Ponty and Diderot.[9]

References

  1. ^ Página Dos - Marina Garcés - RTVE.es (in European Spanish), 23 January 2018, retrieved 14 August 2018
  2. ^ Fernández-Savater, Amador (2012). "El nacimiento de un nuevo poder social". Hispanic Review. 80 (4): 667–681. doi:10.1353/hir.2012.0038. JSTOR 23275314. S2CID 162308362.
  3. ^ a b "Marina Garcés". CCCB. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Marina Garcés, la filósofa insumisa" (in Catalan). El Mundo. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Entrevista de Carles Capdevila a Marina Garcés". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. ^ López-Pampló, Gonçal (12 July 2017). D'Ors a Fuster: Per una història de l'assaig en la literatura contemporània (in Spanish). Universitat de València. ISBN 9788491340881.
  7. ^ ICON (19 April 2018). ""Tenemos mucha información, y nos hace sentir impotentes"". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Marina Garcés, the Voice of the 'Princesa Generation'". Barcelona Metròpolis. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  9. ^ a b ""Hace siglos que la gente no se rebela por pereza y por miedo"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2018.