Ricardo Forster

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Ricardo Forster
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Forster in 2011
Born (1957-09-26) 26 September 1957 (age 65)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Era 21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
Main interests
political science
history of ideas
philosophy of history

Ricardo Forster (born 26 September 1957) is an Argentine philosopher, historian of ideas [1] [2] and political critic. [3]

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He is professor and researcher at Universidad de Buenos Aires and University of Maryland. He is also member of the editorial board of Pensamiento de los Confines magazine. Along with Horacio Verbitsky, Nicolás Casullo and others created Espacio Carta Abierta (" Open Letter Spot"), a propagandistic group in defense of the Kirchner government, in 2008, after an attempt to raise taxes on agricultural exports led to large street protests. [4]

He also had a small incursion in television as presenter of "Grandes pensadores del siglo XX" ("Greatest thinkers of 20th-century") in Encuentro, in years 2009–2010. [5]

In 2013, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He was fourth on the Front for Victory list, which came in third place with less than 22% of the vote, not enough for Forster to be elected. [6]

In June 2014, the position of "Secretary of Strategic Coordination of National Thought" was created by the Kirchner administration and Forster was named its first office holder. The Secretary was given the task to "design, coordinate and instrument a factory of National Thought" and its creation and Forster's naming were criticised by the opposition but applauded by Carta Abierta.

Forster is also an essayist and writer. In his works he develops his thinking on diverse subjects, which include political philosophy, nihilism, the entire concept of essay (topic of his doctoral dissertation), and social sciences in general.

Selected bibliography

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References

  1. "Ricardo Forster", Editorial Planeta | Argentina, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. "CV Ricardo Forster", Flacso Área Educación, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. "En Carta Abierta comparan el 8-N con el "clima apocalíptico de 2001", lanacion.com, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. "Asistimos a una dura confrontación", Página/12, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. "Grandes pensadores del siglo XX", Encuentro, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. "Candidato de Carta Abierta: el intelectual Ricardo Forster va en la boleta K". Clarín (in Spanish). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2022.