Paolo Flores d’Arcais is one of the most influential philosophers and writers in Italy. He is the co-founder and editor of the journal MicroMega, an influential platform of intellectual essay-writing. He also publishes in Il Fatto Quotidiniano, El País, and Gazeta Wyborcza.

Flores d’Arcais is researcher at the department of Philosophy at University La Sapienza in Rome. Since 2002, he has been organizing large-scale protests against the policy of the Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. His books include Etica senza fede (1992), L’individuo libertario (1999) and Hannah Arendt (2006). Dio esiste? (2005) and Atei o credenti? (2007) are a polemic against Joseph Ratzinger, Michel Onfray and Gianni Vattimo, among others.