R. A. Herrera was professor emeritus of philosophy at Seton Hall University. He was educated in the U.S.A., Cuba, and Spain, and received his Ph.D. from the New School Graduate Faculty under Hans Jonas. Herrera taught at the New School for Social Research, Baruch College of CUNY, Rutgers, and Seton Hall University from which he retired in 1998. He wrote/edited many books including Donoso Cortes: Cassandra of the Age, Reasons for Our Rhymes: An Inquiry into the Philosophy of History, Orestes Brownson: Sign of Contradiction, and Lamps of Fire: Studies in Christian Mysticism. He was Visiting Scholar at the CSIC (Madrid) and lectured extensively in Europe.
