Mauricio García teaches at the Instituto Jorge Robledo (Medellín, Colombia). He holds a master degree in philosophy from Universidad de Antioquia with a thesis on Herbert Marcuse and the problem and possibilities of a revolutionary subjectivity. His area of specialization is the modern philosophical thought in Colombia. García contributes to the Centro de estudios en ciencias y humanidades (Center for the Study of Sciences and Humanities) particularly with the editorial team that is in charge of the publication and editing of classical authors of modern political philosophy such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.