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"This book offers timely contributions to the process of conceptualizing a Latin American specificity and its forms of integration in larger contexts, both on the level of thought and the level of political and social praxis. To produce a critical reading of philosophy while also developing a philosophy of criticism is essential in cultures that continue to struggle for the decolonization of both thought and life. This book allows Anglophone readers access to the world of ideas of some of the most relevant Latin American thinkers of our age. Through a comprehensive discussion of the works and contexts of thinkers such as of José Carlos Mariátegui, Enrique Dussel, Bolívar Echeverría, and Roger Bartra to Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Peter Sloterdijk, Mabel Moraña demonstrates that Latin American thought has not only been inseparable from Western philosophy but also from the determinants of its history and social struggles. By doing so, Mabel Moraña provides an extensive perspective on the connections between historical moments, social structures, and discursive practices. With its interdisciplinary focus, this book will be an important resource for scholars and students in Latin American studies, comparative literature, world literature, and philosophy"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Translator's Note
• Introduction
• Part I: Biopower, Coloniality, and Emancipation in Latin America
• Chapter 1: Mariátegui in Recent Debates
• Chapter 2: 1492
• Chapter 3: Bolívar Echeverría and Latin America
• Chapter 4: Modernity and Violence
• Chapter 5: Journey to the Heart of Melancholia
• Chapter 6: Biopolitics and the Social Body in Latin America
• Part II: Critico-Philosophical Rereadings and Debates
• Chapter 7: Foucault and Latin America
• Chapter 8: The Philosophy of Walter Benjamin and Peripheral Modernity
• Chapter 9: Bourdieu at the Periphery
• Chapter 10: Scarcity, Modernity, Globalization
• Chapter 11: The Toolkit of Affect
• Chapter 12: The Question of Humanism in Latin America

• Chapter 13: Humanism and Biopolitics
• Works Cited
• Index
• Cambria Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures Series
• About the Author

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Author/Creator:

Moraña, Mabel , author

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Spanish

Main Work:

Filosofía y crítica en América Latina [by Moraña, M.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Philosophy and criticism in Latin America [by Moraña, M.] (Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, 2020 — ISBN 9781621965428; LCCN 2020033075)

Related Series:

Cambria studies in Latin American literatures and cultures series

Subjects:

Philosophy, Latin American — History — 20th century

Criticism — Latin America — History — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

B1001 .M673 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781604979862 (alk. paper) [Invalid]
9781621965428 (hardback) [Invalid]
9781621965589 (epub)
1621965589
9781621965572 (adobe pdf)
1621965570
1621965422 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020033076

OCLC Numbers:

1156995623