José Luiz Borges Horta
Full Professor of Theory of the State
Director of the Research Line State, Reason, and History
Director of the International Research Group on Culture, History, and State (UFMG – Universitat de Barcelona)
Director of the Hegelian Seminars Research Group
zeluiz@ufmg.br
Supervises doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
ABOUT
Under the mentorship of José Alfredo de Oliveira Baracho, in memoriam, and Joaquim Carlos Salgado, he holds a Bachelor of Laws (1994), a Master’s in Constitutional Law (1999), and a Doctorate in Philosophy of Law (2002), all from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in institutional innovation projects.
At the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in a full-time capacity, he has contributed in various areas, including the legal education reforms of the 1990s and 2000s, the reforms of the Postgraduate Program in Law (2004-2007 and 2011-2013), and, most notably, the implementation of the Reuni program at UFMG, with the successful creation (2008-2009) of the Bachelor’s degree in State Sciences at the UFMG Faculty of Law. Since then, he has also dedicated himself to the internationalization of research, engaging in a fifteen-year dialogue with philosopher Gonçal Mayos of the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Catalonia. To this end, he pursued postdoctoral studies at the UB Faculty of Philosophy, where he was welcomed as a Visiting Professor (2010-2011) and Senior Visiting Professor (2023-2024).
He has been a recipient of scholarships from CNPq, FAPEMIG, and CAPES. He is a member of the Brazilian Hegel Society (SHB) and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Studies (CEJM-UFMG), as well as an essayist, journalist, and lawyer.
RESEARCH PROJECT
Conducts research and supervises in the projects:
European Studies in Comparative Perspectives (Research Line 4, State, Reason and History)
Macrophilosophy of the Rule of Law (Research Line 4, State, Reason and History)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Democracia e Desenvolvimento; a vida em risco e o Estado em reação?
Belo Horizonte: Arraes, 2024. [Org., com Jamile Bergamaschine Mata Diz e João Pedro Braga de Carvalho].
Selvagens Utopias Brasileiras.
Belo Horizonte: Expert, 2024. [Org., com Philippe Oliveira de Almeida e Hugo Rezende Henriques].
A Sociedade do Controle? Macrofilosofia do Poder no Neoliberalismo.
Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 2022. [Org., com Durval Ângelo Andrade, Gonçal Mayos e Rodrigo Marzano Miranda].
Hegel, Paixão & Diferença.
Belo Horizonte: Expert, 2021. [org.]
Dialética do Poder Moderador; Ensaio de uma Ontoteleologia do Estado do Brasil.
Belo Horizonte: Faculdade de Direito da UFMG, 2020 (Tese, Titularidade em Teoria do Estado).
História, Estado e Idealismo Alemão.
Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG, 2017 [com Karine Salgado].
Entre el Hegel racional y el Hegel real.
ASTROLABIO: revista internacional de filosofia, v. 15, p. 131-139, 2013.
A Era Pós-Ideologias e suas ameaças à Política e ao Estado de Direito.
CONFLUÊNCIAS (Niterói), v. 14, p. 120-133, 2012 [com Vinícius de Siqueira e Thales Monteiro Freire].
La Era de la Justicia; Derecho, Estado y límites a la emancipación humana, a partir del contexto brasileño.
ASTROLABIO: revista internacional de filosofia, v. 11, p. 75-85, 2011.
História do Estado de Direito.
São Paulo: Alameda, 2011.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Theory of State, Philosophy of State, Philosophy of History, History of State and Law, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Culture.
LINKS OF INTEREST
Google Scholar | Academia Edu | ORCID
PRODUCTION AND SUPERVISION INDICATORS
MAILING ADDRESS
Faculdade de Direito da UFMG
Av. João Pinheiro, n. 100, Gabinete 1305
Centro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil, 30130-180