Marina Garcés | |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1973 |
Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
Known For: | Philosopher |
Notable Works: | Filosofia inacabada |
Marina Garcés Mascareñas (born 28 November 1973 in Barcelona) is a Spanish philosopher and essayist.[1] She is a professor of philosophy at the University of Zaragoza[2] and part of a collective project of critical and experimental thinking called Espai en Blanc (Blank Space).[3] She has published several essays on contemporary politics and critical thought,[4] [5] 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)[6] [7]
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. Garcés lives in Barcelona but works at the University of Zaragoza, where she teaches a philosophy course on comparative philosophies of East and West.[8] Her work has been influenced by philosophers like Merleau-Ponty and Diderot.