Cervantes, Jefferson, Tocqueville, and Borges. The trajectory of a liberal labyrinth.
This presentation is a great opportunity to explore the connection between humanities and social sciences, literature, politics, and economics within the wider framework of liberal thought. From initial theoretical developments by Thomas Jefferson and Alexis de Tocqueville, some links with the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes will be explored. Lastly, additional connections with the positions held by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges will be made as well.
Eric Clifford Graf (PhD, Virginia, 1997) teaches and writes about the liberal tradition as authored by men like Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Douglass, and Jorge Luis Borges. His latest book is ANATOMY OF LIBERTY IN DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (Lexington, 2021). All of his work can be found here: ericcliffordgraf.academia.edu/research.
Ph.D. Social Sciences, UBA. Managing Director
Managing Director of the Friedman Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society, a research center at UCEMA, where he also is a professor. Analyst of politics and international relations issues. Matias Ilivitzky has a BA. in Political Science and a BA. in Political Science Teaching, as well as a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He also completed a postgraduate specialization course in Project Management at Universidad del CEMA. He received two postgraduate scholarships from the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina, and was a lecturer and researcher at Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Author of the book "From radical evil to the banality of evil" (Editorial Teseo) and of various research papers and opinion pieces.