About
Eli Portella Perreras is a Cuban American, social and political philosopher and critical theorist. They are Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Florida Gulf Coast University. In 2021, they completed their PhD and dissertation—titled Universal History as Global Critique: From German Critical Theory to the Anti-Colonial Tradition— at the University of Oregon, where they also earned her Master of Arts in Philosophy in 2018. They have served as Editorial Assistant, Managing Editorial Assistant, and Social Media Editor at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (2018-2020). They currently serve as the faculty advisor to the FGCU undergraduate Philosophy Club and advisor to the Applying to Graduate School Workshop Series at FGCU.
Their research areas include: social and political philosophy (esp. Marx and Marxism in the 20th century, Frankfurt School critical theory), anti-colonial thought (esp. African, Caribbean, and Latin American decolonization), and 19th century German critical thought (esp. Marx, Hegel) as well as feminist political theory (esp. Marxist/materialist feminisms). Their work appears in Radical Philosophy Review, Philosophy Today, the Journal of the Philosophy of History, Chiasma, Dissonância, and Rethinking Marxism. They are currently working on a book-length project at the intersection of Marxist theories of imperialism (especially anti-colonial Marxism) and their bearing on the urgent and co-extensive need for decolonization and decarbonization. The project is tentatively titled Imperialism at the Brink: Decolonization, Decarbonization, and the Critique of Capitalism.