Education
Complutense University of Madrid.
journalist philosopher politician university professor writer
Complutense University of Madrid.
Born in San Sebastián, he was an Ethics professor at the University of the Basque Country for over a decade. Presently he is a Philosophy professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1990, Savater and columnist and publisher, Javier Pradera, founded the magazine, Claves de Razón Práctica.
In November 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Octavio Paz Prize of Poetry and Essay.
He has taken an active part in several organizations engaged with peace in the Basque Country and against terrorism and Basque nationalism, such as Movimiento por la Paz y la Number Violencia, Gesto por la Paz, Foro Ermua, and currently ¡Basta Ya!. He recently founded a new political party called Unión, progreso y democracia (Union, Progress and Democracy) with former socialist Member of Parliament Rosa Díez in order to oppose different nationalist movements in Spanish mainstream politics. Critics have pointed out that their political outlook seems to be dominated by a strong Spanish nationalist ideology itself.