Bio
Marco Solinas is an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy – he led the Jean Monnet Module GOLDSTEIN: "Debunking Political Uses of Denialisms and Conspiracy Theories in EU" (2022-2025); he has obtained the National Scientific Qualification for Full Professorship. His research is focused on critical theory of society, populism and conspiracy theories. Solinas completed his degree and doctoral studies at the University of Florence, studying also at University of Nottingham and at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. He carried out research at Institut für Philosophie an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, at the EHESS in Paris, at Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München, and at Università di Milano. Solinas is in the editorial board of Genealogy, Consecutio Rerum and in the scientific board of La società degli individui, Il Ponte, Indiscipline; contributor of MicroMega, he published in important international journals including: Philosophy and Social Criticism, Critical Horizons, Zeitschrift für kritische Theorie, Philosophisches Jahrbuch, Teoria politica, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung. He has edited and translated numerous volumes and special issues on German and contemporary critical theory, among other works: Axel Honneth, Capitalismo e riconoscimento (Firenze: FUP 2010), Id., L'idea di socialismo (Milano: Feltrinelli, 2016); Rahel Jaeggi, Forme di vita e capitalismo (Torino: Rosenberg & Sellier, 2016), Id. and Robin Celikates, Filosofia sociale (Milano: Mondadori 2018); "Immanent Critique of Capitalism as a Form of Life: On Rahel Jaeggi's Critical Theory", in Critical Horizons, vol. 22, Issue 2, 2021; Amy Allen, La fine del progresso (Roma: Castelvecchi, 2025); "Progress Occurs Where It Ends. On Amy Allen's Research Program", in Critical Horizons, vol. 26, Issue 2, 2025. On the specific side of conspiracism he has edited and written several publications, among other works: "Conspiracy Theories: Genealogies and Political Uses", special issue on Genealogy (2024-2025, open access); Manuela Caiani, Marco Solinas, Hans-Jörg Trenz (eds.), Conspiracism and Political Conflict (London: Palgrave, 2026). Solinas is author of the monographs: Via Platonica zum Unbewussten (Wien-Berlin: Turia und Kant, 2012), From Aristotle’s Teleology to Darwin’s Genealogy (London: Palgrave, 2015), and Teorie cospirative e politica. Franz Neumann e l'autoritarismo (Roma: Castelvecchi, 2025, open access).