Paco Vidarte

Francisco " Paco" Javier Fernández Vidarte (* March 1, 1970 in Seville, † January 29, 2008 in Madrid) was a Spanish philosopher, writer and dedicated LGBT activist.

Biography

After studying philosophy ( graduate of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas ( UPC) in Madrid), psychoanalysis (Master, Complutense University of Madrid ) and a degree in education ( Certificado de aptitud Pedagógica (CAP ), UPC / Madrid ) he obtained on 27. November 1998 a doctorate in philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia ( UNED) in Madrid, with a thesis on Jacques Derrida.

Since the mid- 1990s Paco Vidarte was an active member of the Spanish, notably the Madrid homosexual movement. He was first a member of the gay movement "Radical Gai " and later became one of the leading thinkers and theorists of the Spanish LGBT movement. He brought first the theme " Teoría Queer " ( Queer Theory ) at the University and has published several internationally acclaimed books and articles both Derrida and about the LGBT.

At the UNED he held a chair at the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Arts since 2002 until his death. He died from the effects of HIV infection in combination with lymphatic cancer in Madrid.

Quote

"If something like a LGTBQ ethics is conceivable and desirable, they should start with the fact that the fight against homophobia in isolation, can take place independently from the rest of social injustice and discrimination, but that joint the fight against homophobia within a constellation solidarity struggles against all forms of oppression, exclusion, persecution and discrimination is possible and actually effective. "

Work (selection)

  • Jacques Derrida. In collaboration with Cristina de Peretti. Ed. del Orto, Madrid 1998.
  • Homografías. In collaboration with Ricardo Llamas. Espasa - Calpe, Madrid 1999. ( Also available as a free PDF file on the Web. )
  • Francisco J. Vidarte (ed.): Marginal. Leyendo a Derrida. Aula Abierta, UNED, Madrid, 2000.
  • Extravíos. In collaboration with Ricardo Llamas. Espasa - Calpe, Madrid, 2001. ( Also available as a free PDF file on the Web. )
  • Derritages. Une thèse en déconstruction. L' Harmattan, Paris, 2001.
  • Guerra y filosofía. La concepcion de la guerra en el pensamiento Filosofico. In collaboration with José García Caneiro. Tirant lo Blanc, Valencia 2002.
  • Filosofías del siglo XX. In collaboration with F. Rampérez. Síntesis, Madrid 2005.
  • D. Córdoba, J. Sáez, P. Vidarte (ed.): Teoría queer. Egales, Madrid 2005.
  • ¿ Qué it empty? La invención del texto en filosofía. Tirant lo Blanc, Valencia, 2006.
  • Ética Marica. Proclamas Libertarias para una militancia LGTBQ. Egales, Madrid, 2007.

And worked on a multitude of other translations, seminars and publications, such as in:

  • Cristina de Peretti, Velasco (ed.), Conjunciones. Derrida y compañía. Madrid, Ed. Dykinson, 2007.
  • Masculinitats by al sailing XXI. Barcelona, ​​CEDIC, 2007.
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