Jorge Gonzalez Arocha

The scope of my research and teaching includes History of Philosophy, Contemporary and Continental Philosophy. I am author of the book “Una Pasión Inútil. Muerte y Libertad en la Obra Filosófica de Jean-Paul Sartre”, among other articles and papers in national and international journals. Member of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), and Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS).

Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse, 2011

The Turin Horse, Nietzsche, and Madness

Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse is a meticulous and desolate exploration of life in its most raw and essential state. Through the lens of this sad and philosophical film, we can consider…
No Dogs or Italians Allowed, 2022.

“No Dogs or Italians Allowed”

The film enriches both Alain's life and ours by conveying that understanding the present entails more than mere recollection—it requires active engagement with our memories.…

How democracies die – Review

Justification of democracy has become an essential theme in the current literature on political philosophy. Different factors have created the conditions for this to happen, but mainly they can be resumed in…