He was born in 1959 in
Zaragoza.[1] Fernández Liria, who started his teaching experience as professor of
secondary education,[2] also worked as TV writer alongside fellow philosopher
Santiago Alba in the 1980s, developing the scripts for the cult children's show La Bola de Cristal.[3] Following the earning of a PhD in philosophy at the UCM,[4] reading a dissertation about
Jean-Paul Sartre in 1987 titled Una ontología positiva. Ensayo a partir de “El ser y la nada” de Sartre supervised by
Sergio Rábade Romeo[5] (initiated under the supervision of
Gabriel Albiac),[6] he became a senior lecturer at the former university in 1989.[2]
Fernández Liria self-identifies as
Marxist "since forever".[8] He has stood out as staunch supporter of the
Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.[9] An admirer of
Julio Anguita, he lent support to
Podemos in the beginnings of the party;[1] the purpose of his work En defensa del populismo, in which he outlines a reinterpretation of the
Enlightenment and
Rousseau, has been described as essentially an apology of the party.[10] Later, in 2019, he removed support from Podemos and endorsed
Más Madrid and
Más País instead along his disciple Luis Alegre.[11][n. 1]
— (2012). ¿Para qué servimos los filósofos?. Madrid: La Catarata.[14]
— (2015). El marxismo hoy. La herencia de Gramsci y Althusser. Madrid: Bonalletra Alcompas.[15]
— (2016). En defensa del populismo. Madrid: Catarata.[16]
Coauthor
Fernández Liria, Carlos; Alba Rico, Santiago (1986). Dejar de pensar.[17]
Fernández Liria, Carlos; Alba Rico, Santiago (1989). Volver a pensar.[17]
Fernández Liria, Carlos; Alegre Zahonero, Luis (2006). Comprender Venezuela, pensar la democracia. El colapso moral de los intelectuales occidentales. Hondarribia: Hiru.[18]
Fernández Liria, Carlos; Fernández Liria, Pedro; Alegre Zahonero, Luis (2007). Educación para la ciudadanía. Democracia, capitalismo y Estado de Derecho.
Akal.[19]
Fernández Liria, Carlos; Alba Rico, Santiago (2010). El naufragio del hombre. Hondarribia: Hiru.[20]
Fernández Liria, Carlos; García Fernández, Olga; Galindo Ferrández, Enrique (2017). Escuela o Barbarie. Entre el neoliberalismo salvaje y el delirio de la izquierda. Madrid:
Akal.[22]
Roviró, Ignasi; García-Durán, Xavier; Sarrate, Carlos (2004–2005).
"Sartre, cent anys". Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia. XVI: 87–115.
ISSN1130-4383.