Name Hector Zagal Region Western philosophy Education University of Navarra | Role Philosopher | |
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Born June 6, 1966 ( 1966-06-06 ) Mexico City, Mexico Era 21st-century philosophy Main interests Ethics
Politics
Epistemology
Aristotle
Cultural criticism Notable ideas Epistemology of epagoge Areas of interest Politics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aristotle Influenced by Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Jorge Luis Borges, Theodor W. Adorno, John Henry Newman, Elizabeth Anscombe Similar People Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Jorge Luis Borges, Elizabeth Anscombe, Theodor W Adorno | ||
Schools of thought Thomism, Aristotelianism | ||
#07 - A PROFOUND LIFE - Dr Hector zagal ( IMLIVING IT)
Héctor Jesús Zagal Arreguín is a Mexican philosopher, essayist and novelist. As a scholar he specializes in Aristotle.
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- 07 A PROFOUND LIFE Dr Hector zagal IMLIVING IT
- Academic career
- Main publications
- Affiliations
- Studies
- Public office
- Intellectual positions
- References
Academic career
Zagal has written books on ecology, ethics, Aristotle, gastronomy and literature. He obtained a PhD from the Universidad de Navarra, with a dissertation on Aristotle's epagoge and has since then written several articles and books on Aristotle. He has written on several topics of culture, politics, art history and literature. He gained notoriety in the 2006 presidential election, when he wrote two books on two respective candidates.
He is a member of the Mexican Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National System of Researchers). He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Notre Dame and the Universidad de Navarra, Spain. He has been an invited speaker at conferences held at several universities in Europe, the USA and Latin America. Apart from his research on philosophy, he has continuously carried out work on the diffusion of the humanities and their application to politics, culture and business.
He is the editor of "Tópicos" (Topics), the philosophy magazine of the Universidad Panamericana. He is a member of the editorial boards of the philosophical magazine Themata (Seville, Spain) and the magazine Logo (of the Spanish Association of Studies on Language, Thought and Classical Culture). He was a member of the committees on Human Sciences and Conduct of the National Science and Technology Council, and a member of the board of directors of the magazine Istmo. Currently he is a member of the reviewing commission of the Institute of Philosophical Research at UNAM.
In 1997 he won the "Raúl Rangel Frías" National Essay Prize" as coauthor with Luis Xavier López-Farjeat of an essay on national identity, which was published under the title "Two aesthetic approximations of national identity". For the occasion of Borges' centenary, he compiled the book "Eight essays on Borges".
Main publications
Affiliations
Studies
Public office
He worked in the DIF, a dependency of the Mexican federal government during 2007–2008.
Intellectual positions
- In newspaper columns, he has made himself known for comparing ancient Greek culture with present situations or popular culture. - He considers himself a social democrat, as stated in his weblog. - As a writer, he is an open catholic.