Background
Dario Fernandez-Morera was born February 5, 1944 in Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba to Dario Fernandez-Morera, a magician, and Esther Fernandez-Morera, the magician's assistant.
Dario graduated from Stanford University with B.A. in 1971.
Dario graduated from University of Pennsylvania with M.A. in 1972.
He received Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977.
Dario graduated from Stanford University with B.A. in 1971.
Dario graduated from University of Pennsylvania with M.A. in 1972.
He received Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977.
https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Andalusian-Paradise-Christians-Medieval/dp/1610170954
(Marxist thought pervades American academic discourse, par...)
Marxist thought pervades American academic discourse, particularly in the humanities and the social sciences. Fernández-Morera shows why the survival of these ideas is unjustified in the face of their theoretical and practical problems and their historical record. Fernández-Morera provides a comprehensive critique of Marxist/materialist discourse as it pervades contemporary American scholarship. He examines the rhetorical and ideological underpinnings of the discourse, the socioeconomic circumstances and personality type of its academic practitioners, and its impact on other forms of academic speech. He also exposes the epistemological and ethical consequences of the discourse in light of the history of the 20th century and explains its remarkable success in the academic world. Being multidisciplinary, the book should challenge many and appeal to those interested in criticism, politics, epistemology, ethics, history, sociology, and even economics. Certainly all those interested in the condition of higher education will find it provocative.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Academia-Survival-Marxist-Ideas/dp/0275952649
Dario Fernandez-Morera was born February 5, 1944 in Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba to Dario Fernandez-Morera, a magician, and Esther Fernandez-Morera, the magician's assistant.
Dario graduated from Stanford University with B.A. in 1971 and from University of Pennsylvania with M.A. in 1972. He then received Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977.
Fernández Morera teaches courses in Golden Age and Medieval Spanish literature, culture and history. He has served in the United States National Council for the Humanities. His writings include several books and editions and many articles and review articles in English and Spanish and French on cultural, historical and theoretical and methodological issues in Spain, Latin America and the United States, the encounter between Europeans and Amerindians, Cervantes, Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de León, Inca Garcilaso, VicenteAleixandre, Islamic Spain, and Modernism. He has published articles, reviewed books and served as consultant and reader for History of European Ideas, The European Legacy, Symposium, Hispanic Review, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, Comparative Civilizations Review, Modern Age, etc. He has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Dario Morera-Fernandez is a prominent author and educator whose most famous works are The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain, American Academia and the Survival of Marxist Ideas, The Lyre and the Oaten Flute: Garcilaso and the Pastoral etc.
He is the recipient of the 2008 award for Graduate Teaching Excellence from the School of Continuing Studies.
(Marxist thought pervades American academic discourse, par...)
Quotations: "My primary motivation for writing is a desire to say what I believe needs saying that has not been said. My work is influenced by my readings, my observations, and my life experiences. "
Dario is fond of gardening, bird watching, exercise, classical music, big dogs and chess.
Dario has a son, Brent.
