AUTHOR

Carlos L. Garrido

Carlos is a Cuban-American PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, with an MA from the same institution. He works as an adjunct professor of philosophy, as the Director of the Midwestern Marx Institute, and as the Secretary of Education for the American Communist Party (ACP). Carlos is the author of a few books, including The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism (2023) and Why We Need American Marxism (2024). He is the Editor in Chief of Red America, the theoretical journal of the ACP, and of the Journal of American Socialist Studies, hosted by the Midwestern Marx Institute.

Education:

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

PhD Philosophy (In-Progress)

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

MA Philosophy

Loras College

BA Philosophy

Expertise:

History of Philosophy Continental Philosophy Ancient Greek Philosophy German Idealism Phenomenology History of American Socialism Communist History Cultural Critique Political Philosophy Marxism Medieval Philosophy Modern Philosophy Philosophy of History Hegel Kant Western Marxism Slavoj Zizek Soviet Marxism Marxism-Leninism Frederick Jameson Ludwig Feuerbach Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Media theory Profilicity Theory Dialectics Dialectical Materialism Cuban History Democratic Theory

Member since: Jun 12, 2024

Location: United States

Published posts: 1

Articles by Carlos L. Garrido

Aristotle’s Unexplored Discovery: Being as Implication

Lots of ink has been spilled writing about Aristotle, but his most important discovery was found only recently–being as implication.