Juan Arteaga

Ph.D. Candidate

Philosophy

Education: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Stony Brook University (In Progress) • J.D., Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia) (2014) • M.A. in Philosophy, Los Andes University (2012) • B.A. in Philosophy, Los Andes University (2009)

Areas of Specialization: Political philosophy, Foucault, and Derrida

During his undergraduate studies and master’s degree he focused on Michel Foucault’s philosophy. Then, he earned a law degree and worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Colombian Attorney General and at the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace. At Stony Brook University he has done research on Jacques Derrida’s thought, social movements, feminism, and Marxism. Now, he is writing his dissertation on the role of forgiveness in transitional justice processes.

Research Interests
Ethics, Feminism, Social Movements, Philosophy of Law, and Forgiveness

Selected Publications

“Beyond Sovereignty: Democracy to Come and Voyoucracy.”Philosophy Today. Volume 69, Issue 1, March 2025.
Toward an Ethics in the Era of Biopower: Resistances in Michel Foucault’s Thought (in Spanish). Los Andes University Press, 2019.

Recent Presentations

“The Emancipatory Potential of Ideology in Marx’s Thought,” Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique. Paris, France: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, July 2023.
“The 2019 National Strike in Colombia as an Experience of Desubjectivation and Interembodiment,” Conference People on Streets: Critical Phenomenologies of Embodied Resistance. Paderborn, Germany: Paderborn University, May 2022.