(Colombia, 1975). A Doctor of Social Anthropology from Madrid’s Complutense University, he received a scholarship to study at the University of Berkeley (California) where he finished his thesis, for which he received the highest mark (cum laude) and a special prize. Author of books such as La revancha de la imaginación (2008), in 2011 he won the 3rd Isabel Polanco International Essay Prize with El puño invisible. Arte, revolución y un siglo de cambios culturales (2011). His latest books are La invención del paraíso. El Living Theatre y el arte de la osadía (2015), Salvajes de una nueva época (2019) and Delirio Americano, Una historia cultural y política de America Latina (2022).
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