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Agustín García Calvo (Zamora, 1926) is one of Spain’s most radical thinkers. His work, which displays a firm stance of indiscipline towards the dominant reality, combines reflection on language and politics with literary creation and translations. His books include Del lenguaje (On Language), Contra la realidad (Against Reality), Contra la democracia (Against Democracy), De Dios (On God), Contra el tiempo (Against Time), Contra la pareja (Against the Couple) and Sermón de ser y no ser (Sermon on Being and Not Being).
Called by some “the master”, Agustín García Calvo has for many years been a referent for any young, or not so young, undisciplined thinker – some of the current leading Spanish thinkers have declared themselves, at one time or another, his disciples. Having known and rejected the forms and technical jargon of the philosophical academy, García Calvo has drawn up an itinerary of thought that tackles, deepens and rips apart topics fundamental for philosophy (God, reality, time, the individual, democracy, etc.), always preserving the liveliness and simplicity of common or garden language both in essays and, often, in the form of a conversation with those present... Continue reading
Agustín García Calvo (Zamora, 1926) is one of Spain’s most radical thinkers. His work, which displays a firm stance of indiscipline towards the dominant reality, combines reflection on language and politics with literary creation and translations. His books include Del lenguaje (On Language), Contra la realidad (Against Reality), Contra la democracia (Against Democracy), De Dios (On God), Contra el tiempo (Against Time), Contra la pareja (Against the Couple) and Sermón de ser y no ser (Sermon on Being and Not Being).
Called by some “the master”, Agustín García Calvo has for many years been a referent for any young, or not so young, undisciplined thinker – some of the current leading Spanish thinkers have declared themselves, at one time or another, his disciples. Having known and rejected the forms and technical jargon of the philosophical academy, García Calvo has drawn up an itinerary of thought that tackles, deepens and rips apart topics fundamental for philosophy (God, reality, time, the individual, democracy, etc.), always preserving the liveliness and simplicity of common or garden language both in essays and, often, in the form of a conversation with those present... Continue reading
