Juan Facundo Torres Brizuela

Juan Facundo Torres Brizuela is a Ph.D student at JCRS researching the concepts of "Person" and "People" with a focus on Martin Buber's philosophical anthropology and socio-political philosophy.

He earned his Licentiate in Philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in 2021, completing his studies there with a Thesis about Martin Buber's Anthropology and Philosophy of Language. 

Contact:
juan.torres.brizuela@uni-jena.de

  • Research interests
    • Anthropology
    • Political and Social Sciences
    • Ecumenism
    • Theology
    • Jewish Philosophy
  • Languages
    • Spanish (first language)
    • English (high Level)
    • German (medium level)
    • Ancient Greek (basic level)
    • Latin (basic level)
  • Publications
    • 2023 "Augustine’s concept of Person in Martin Buber’s personalism" in Franciscanum, 65 (180):1-32. 
    • 2022 "Martin Buber y su contribución a la filosofía del lenguaje" in Revista Tábano, no. 20 (2022), 36-54. (Original in Spanish. In English available via Academia.edu.External link)
    • 2021 "La posibilidad redentora del lenguaje. Del «nombre propio» en Rosenzweig al «decir tú» en Buber" in Dossier from Revista Nuevo Pensamiento "El «nuevo pensamiento» a 100 años de La Estrella de la Redención". (Original in Spanish. In English available via Academia.edu.External link)
  • Selected Events
    • 2024: Lecturer at a Seminar from Dr. Francesco Ferrari at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena: "Martin Buber der Brückenbauer. Praxis und Theorie der Versöhnung". The lecture was entitled: Martin Buber's personalism as the anthropological root of his socio-political philosophy of the Volk.
    • 2024: Lecturer at "Liturgy and Theology". Workshop organized by the Universität Bonn in conjunction with the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. The exhibition was entitled: Volk as sacrament, Buber's Teo-politic's philosophy.
    • 2022: Lecturer in "Liturgy and Theology: Institutions, Meditations and Performances in Religious Experience." Workshop organized by the Universität Bonn in conjunction with the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. The exhibition was entitled: "The liturgical character of dances in the Hasidic community".