Alberto Quiroz Ávila is a researcher and academic whose work is situated at the intersection of political philosophy, the history of ideas, theology, and medieval philosophy. With institutional affiliations to the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) and a background at the Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium, his research focuses on tracing the genealogy of power and Western political institutions through a critical rereading of the classical and scholastic tradition.
His work deconstructs contemporary political concepts (such as the State, sovereignty, empire, and institutional violence) by approaching them as secularized theological co…
Alberto Quiroz Ávila is a researcher and academic whose work is situated at the intersection of political philosophy, the history of ideas, theology, and medieval philosophy. With institutional affiliations to the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) and a background at the Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium, his research focuses on tracing the genealogy of power and Western political institutions through a critical rereading of the classical and scholastic tradition.
His work deconstructs contemporary political concepts (such as the State, sovereignty, empire, and institutional violence) by approaching them as secularized theological concepts. To achieve this, he actively employs philosophical archaeology (following the methodology of Alain de Libera and Giorgio Agamben), seeking hidden continuities and the "re-effectuation" of patristic and medieval debates in later contexts, especially within Hispanic political theology and the thought of the School of Salamanca in the face of the discovery of America.
In addition to his work in political theology, his academic production covers existential Thomism (based on the reading of Étienne Gilson), the bioethical and political challenges of posthuman technology, contemporary biopolitics (migration and bare life), and the role of religion in the public sphere and peacebuilding.
