Dora Elvira García González is a Mexican professor and researcher at the Faculty of Philosophy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, as well as the founder and UNESCO Chair of Ethics, Culture of Peace and Human Rights. She is currently an Emeritus Researcher of SECIHTI (Mexico's Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation) and an Emeritus Professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
Career García González received a bachelor's degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in 1980, followed by a master's degree and a doctorate in philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1993 and 1998, respectively.
Her academic specialties focus on the philosophy of peace in relation to ethics, political philosophy, hermeneutics, and the philosophy of culture. She has taught at the undergraduate level at UNAM, Tec de Monterrey, the Autonomous University of Campeche, the University of Granada in Spain, the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Universidad del Salvador in Argentina, the National University of Comahue, and the Universidad Intercontinental in Mexico City. At the graduate level, she teaches courses on the Ethics of Peace at UNAM (since 2021) and, since 1998, has taught courses on multiculturalism, contemporary ethics, entrepreneurial philosophy, philosophical research, philosophy of the social sciences, cultural analysis, and related areas. She has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Granada, the National University of Comahue, and the University of Barcelona.
She began her teaching career at the Universidad Iberoamericana from 1980 to 1985, then served as a full-time professor and researcher at the Universidad Intercontinental from 1985 to 2003, where she created the Master's Program in Philosophy of Culture in 1996. Her research projects have included the inclusion of women in Mexico's military academies for SEDENA in 2008; coordination of the Peace and Human Rights and Justice and Human Rights Projects (2013); a multiculturalism seminar at UNAM from 2002 to 2004; a project on philosophical rhetoric in 2001 and 2002; the "Philosophy and Cultural Criticism" project with CONACYT in 2001; work with the Universidad Intercontinental from 1999 to 2004; and participation in the Círculo de Hermenéutica research group from 1995 to 2001. Her research work has been recognized by her Level III membership in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores.
García González has also worked as a consultant and member of the Supreme Court of Justice at the Office of Jurisprudential Ethics. In 2007, she founded the journal En-claves del pensamiento and served as its Editor-in-Chief from 2007 to 2021. According to her curriculum, she also speaks English, French, and German.
Publications
Scientific books García-González, Dora Elvira (2019). Peace as a Moral Ideal: A Reconfiguration of the Philosophy of Peace for Common Action. Dykinson, Spain. ISBN 978-84-1324-388-7. García-González, Dora Elvira (2014). Common Sense: Ethical-Political Reflections. Plaza y Valdés / UNESCO, Mexico. ISBN 978-607-402-660-3. García-González, Dora Elvira (2005). From Political Power to Love of the World. Porrúa / ITESM, Mexico. ISBN 978-970-07-5463-5. García-González, Dora Elvira. Analogical Hermeneutics and Society. Editorial Torres, Mexico. ISBN 978-970-9066-32-6. García-González, Dora Elvira (2004). Education for Freedom and Justice: Horizons for a Citizen Ethics. ITESM CCM Readings, Mexico. García-González, Dora Elvira (2004). Analogical Hermeneutics: Achievements and Perspectives. Philosophical Analogy Collection, Special Issue 14, Mexico. SIN 0188-896X. García-González, Dora Elvira (2002). Liberalism Today: A Critical Reconstruction of Rawls’s Thought. Plaza y Valdés, Mexico. García-González, Dora Elvira (2001). Analogical Hermeneutics, Politics and Culture. Dúcere, Mexico. ISBN 978-968-5196-02-4. García-González, Dora Elvira (2001). Variations on Liberalism: An Approach to the Political Thought of John Rawls. Galileo / University of Sinaloa, Mexico. ISBN 978-968-5429-00-9.
Books co-authored García-González, Dora Elvira & Camargo Castillo, Javier (eds.) (2013). Attend to the Call for Peace in a World in Flames. Ed. UASLP. (In press at the time of publication). García-González, Dora Elvira & Camargo, Javier (eds.) (2020). For Peaceful Tomorrow: Philosophy of the Day Before Yesterday. Mexico: Bonilla Artigas Editores. ISBN 978-607-8636-51-8. Echenberg, Margo & García-González, Dora Elvira (eds.) (2018). Rethinking Sustainability from the Humanities and Social Sciences: Definitions, Problems and Perspectives from Latin America. Mexico: Bonilla Artigas Editores, 404 pp. ISBN 978-607-98003-9-0. García-González, Dora Elvira & Alcalá-Campos, R. (2015). Interculturality, Values and Valuation. UNAM Acatlán, Mexico. [2015-85389]. García-González, Dora Elvira & Montiel-Tiscareño, M. (2014). Peace Manual. UNESCO Chair in Ethics and Human Rights, Mexico. [2014-79080]. García-González, Dora Elvira & Ramírez Marín, Juan (2010). Current Problems of Mexican Environmental Law. Porrúa / TEC de Monterrey, Mexico. García-González, Dora Elvira & Guerrero, Ana Luisa (2003). Analogical Hermeneutics and Gender. Dúcere, Mexico.
Collective books edition García-González, Dora Elvira & Camargo Castillo, Javier (eds.). Heeding the Call for Peace in a World on Fire. Ed. UASLP. Diccionario de paz: Challenge Concepts, Authors and Traditions. (One Hundred Voices). Organized for future publication (in process). García, Dora Elvira & Rivas Lara, Heidi Alicia (eds.). Peace, Justice and Feminism. Ed. Porrúa. García González, Dora Elvira & Camargo Castillo, Javier Alejandro (eds.). Calls for Peace: Voices and Philosophical Winks. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 2024. ISBN 978-607-535-393-7. García-González, Dora Elvira; Soto, Laura & Trapanese, Elena (coords.). Mexico–Spain: Contributions to Theories of Justice. Multidisciplinary Conceptions. Mexico: UNAM, FES Acatlán, 2023, pp. 21–46. ISBN 978-607-30-8267-9. García-González, Dora Elvira (ed.). Towards a Kind Life: Keys to the Philosophy of Peace. Porrúa; UNESCO-Unitwin, Mexico, 2018. ISBN 978-607-09-2941-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (ed.). Contemporary Approaches to Peace Studies. Recrecom; CONACyT; Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2018. ISBN 978-607-97282-5-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (ed.). Reasons for Peace. Recrecom; CONACyT; Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2017. ISBN 978-607-97282-3-6. García-González, Dora Elvira & Camargo Castillo, Javier (coords.). Matrices for Peace. Bonilla y Artigas, Mexico, 2017. ISBN 978-607-8560-20-2. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Peacebuilding Manual: An Interdisciplinary Approach. TRANSCEND / UNESCO / RECRECOM, 2016. ISBN 978-607-7512-53-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Transcending Violence: Critique and Interdisciplinary Proposals to Build Peace. Porrúa, 2014. ISBN 978-607-09-1662-5. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Ethics, Person and Society. 6th ed., Porrúa. ISBN 978-970-07-7013-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Ethics, Profession and Citizenship. Porrúa. ISBN 978-970-07-7763-4. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Contemporary Reflections on the Philosophy of Culture: Horizontes y Encrucijadas. Porrúa / Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2011. ISBN 978-607-09-0882-8. García-González, Dora Elvira; Kohn, Carlos; Astorga, Omar (coords.). Contemporary Political Thought: Fundamental Currents. Porrúa / Universidad Central de Venezuela / Tecnológico de Monterrey / Espacio Ana Frank, Mexico, 2011. ISBN 978-607-09-0862-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Dignity and Exclusion: Theoretical and Practical Challenges of Human Rights. Porrúa, Mexico, 2010. García-González, Dora Elvira; Cepeda, Ivón; Shea, Shannon (coords.). Visions of Mexico 1810–2010: Becoming of a Cultural Identity. Porrúa / UNESCO, Mexico, 2010. García-González, Dora Elvira. Ethics, Profession and Citizenship: A Civic Ethics for Life. Porrúa, 2008. ISBN 978-970-07-7763-4. García-González, Dora Elvira & Traslosheros, Jorge (coords.). Ethics, Person and Society: An Ethics for Life. Porrúa, 2007. ISBN 978-970-07-7013-0. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). The Meaning of Politics: Hannah Arendt. Porrúa / Tecnológico de Monterrey, 2007. García-González, Dora Elvira (coord.). Philosophy and Critique of Culture: A Reflection from Diversity. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, February 2002. García-González, Dora Elvira; Alcalá, Raúl; Velásquez Mejía, Manuel (coords.). Philosophy and Literature: Colloquium. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, October 2000. ISBN 978-968-835-616-6.
Book chapters "Frente a la violencia de género: el cuidado como elemento de construcción de paz" in Mexico. Social Vulnerability and Pandemic, Miguel Mandujano Estrada (ed.), Valencia, Tirant Editorial, Humanidades, pp. 51–67. ISBN 978-84-1183-667-8. "Thinking Hope in Times of War: Peace as a Realistic Utopia" in Gabriela Palavicini, Catalina Dobre & Rafael García, Reconstruction of Peace in a World of War, Springer / Palgrave Macmillan (in press). Voice entry: "Paz" in Carlos Pereda (ed.), Dictionary of Hope, Siglo XXI (in press). "Lives that Promote Science, Technology and the Humanities" in Childhood at the Center: Experiences of Accompaniment and Promotion in Mexico and Latin America, UA Tlaxcala and the City University of New York (CUNY) (in press). "Thinking from Care and Cure to Weave Peace in a Society Hostile to Injustice: Transcending Systemic and Epistemic Violence" in Xenia Rueda (ed.), Women's Knowledge: Facets of Epidemic Injustice in Mexico, FFyL, UNAM (in press). "The World of the Image: A Hermeneutic Look" in Claudia Mosqueda & Esther Gutiérrez (eds.), The Theoretical Horizon of Design: Five Views from Hermeneutics, Semiotics and Sociology, UNAM / FES Acatlán. "Towards New Political-Social Orders that Build Peace: Attending to Women's Voices, Thinking from Justice, Gender and Ecology" in Laura Soto, Miriam Somera & Paola Sánchez (eds.), Gender and Justice, UNAM. "Facing Gender Violence from the Silencing of Women's Voices: A Proposal for the Foundation of Peaceful Situations" in María Teresa Muñoz (ed.), Feminist Work of the Common, Akal (in press). "Thinking Hope in Times of War: Peace as a Realistic Utopia" in Catalina Elena Dobre, Gabriela Palavicini & Rafael García Pavón (eds.), Reconstruction of Peace in a World of War. "Reflections on Feelings and Emotions in the Thought of John Rawls" in Jesús Rodríguez Zepeda, Gustavo Leyva, Paulette Dieterlen & Faviola Rivera (eds.), Reasons for Justice: Half a Century of A Theory of Justice, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana / Gedisa, 2023, pp. 149–170. ISBN 978-607-8866-42-7 (Gedisa); ISBN 978-607-28-2837-7 (UAM). Dora Elvira García-González & Monserrat del Carmen González Espinoza, "Comprehensive Analysis of the Proposed Indicators for the Achievement of the Zero Hunger Goal" in Pablo Ayala, Luz N. Berrún & José C. Vázquez (comps.), Zero Hunger: Narratives and Institutional Efforts, Tecnológico de Monterrey / Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2023, ch. 10, pp. 189–205. ISBN 978-607-501-750-1; ISBN 978-607-27-2010-7. Entry "Totalitarismo" in Carlos Pereda (ed.), Diccionario de Injusticias, Mexico: Siglo XXI / UNAM, 2023, pp. 735–741. ISBN 978-607-03-1315-8 (Siglo XXI); ISBN 978-607-30-6842-0 (UNAM). "Public Space, Participation, Plurality and Freedom: Founding Elements of the Democratic Proposal in Hannah Arendt" in Emilio Rabasa (ed.), The Historical Defense of Democracy. Pensadores y Reflexiones, Tirant lo Blanch / IIJ-UNAM, Mexico, 2023, pp. 65–77. ISBN 978-84-1197-156-0.