Ricardo Forster

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Ricardo Forster (born 26 September 1957) is an

He also had a small incursion in television as presenter of "Grandes pensadores del siglo XX" ("Greatest thinkers of 20th-century") in Encuentro, in years 2009–2010.^[5]

In 2013, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. He was fourth on the Front for Victory list, which came in third place with less than 22% of the vote, not enough for Forster to be elected.^[6]

In June 2014, the position of "Secretary of Strategic Coordination of National Thought" was created by the Kirchner administration and Forster was named its first office holder. The Secretary was given the task to "design, coordinate and instrument a factory of National Thought" and its creation and Forster's naming were criticised by the opposition but applauded by Carta Abierta.

Forster is also an essayist and writer. In his works he develops his thinking on diverse subjects, which include

• ISBN 950-602-230-5
• Itinerarios de la Modernidad (junto a Nicolás Casullo y
  ISBN 950-29-0312-9
• El exilio de la palabra. Ensayos en torno a lo judío. Buenos Aires: Lom, 1997.
  ISBN 956-282-050-5
• Walter Benjamin y el problema del mal. Buenos Aires: Altamira, 2003.
  ISBN 987-9423-77-1
• Crítica y sospecha. Los claroscuros de la cultura moderna. Buenos Aires: Paidós, 2003.
  ISBN 950-12-6531-5
• Mesianismo, nihilismo y redención (junto a Diego Tatián). Buenos Aires: Altamira, 2005.
  ISBN 987-9017-42-0
• Notas sobre la barbarie y la esperanza. Del 11 de septiembre a la crisis argentina. Buenos Aires: Biblos, 2006.
  ISBN 950-786-553-5
• El laberinto de las voces argentinas. Ensayos políticos. Buenos Aires: Colihue, 2008.
  ISBN 978-950-563-972-4
• Los hermeneutas de la noche. De Walter Benjamin a
  ISBN 978-84-9879-024-5
• Benjamin. Una introducción. Buenos Aires: Quadrata/Biblioteca Nacional, 2009.
  ISBN 978-987-631-004-8
• La anomalía Argentina. Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2010.
  ISBN 978-950-07-3272-7
• La muerte del héroe. Buenos Aires: Ariel, 2011.
  ISBN 978-987-14-9611-2
• El litigio por la democracia. Buenos Aires: Planeta, 2011.
  ISBN 978-950-49-2717-4

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References

1. ^ "Ricardo Forster", Editorial Planeta | Argentina, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
2. ^ "CV Ricardo Forster", Flacso Área Educación, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
3. ^ "En Carta Abierta comparan el 8-N con el "clima apocalíptico de 2001", lanacion.com, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
4. ^ "Asistimos a una dura confrontación", Página/12, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
5. ^ "Grandes pensadores del siglo XX", Encuentro, Retrieved 12 February 2013 (in Spanish)
6. ^ "Candidato de Carta Abierta: el intelectual Ricardo Forster va en la boleta K". Clarín (in Spanish). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

External links

• La guerra, Israel y ser judío (in Spanish)
• YOK ENTREVISTA – Ricardo Forster (parte 1) (in Spanish)