Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century

by GRACIA, JORGE J. E.MILLAN-ZAIBERT, ELIZABETH

• ISBN13: 9781573929783
• ISBN10: 1573929786
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from several different Latin American countries and from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are included. Though the main focus is upon the rich contemporary period, several key texts from the colonial and independent period are included to provide the reader with some historical background. Dividing the work into four major sections -- Colonial Beginnings and Independence, Philosophical Anthropology, Values, and The Search for Identity -- the editors complement their selections with introductions to the themes covered in each section and brief biographies of each author. An up-to-date bibliography provides the reader with information on the latest work done in the field, both in English and Spanish.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(4)
General Introduction	13	(12)
PART I: Colonial Beginnings and Independence
Introduction	25	(6)
Bartolome De Las Casas (1474--1566)	31	(20)
In Defense of the Indians (chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5)	33	(18)
Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (1651--1695)	51	(10)
Response to Sister Filotea (selection)	53	(6)
Poem 92, Philosophical Satire	59	(2)
Simon Bolivar (1783--1830)	61	(28)
Jamaica Letter: Reply of a South American to a Gentleman of This Island	63	(4)
Address Delivered at the Inauguration of the Second National Congress of Venezuela at Angostura	67	(22)
PART II: Philosophical Anthropology
Introduction	75	(14)
Francisco Romero (1891--1962)	89	(22)
Theory of Man	91	(20)
Intentional Consciousness	91	(3)
Culture	94	(1)
The Self and the World: The Natural Man	95	(1)
The Spirit in General	96	(6)
The Uniqueness and Significance of the Spirit	102	(6)
Duality	108	(3)
Risieri Frondizi (1910--1983)	111	(16)
The Nature of the Self	113	(14)
The Being and the Doing of the Self	113	(2)
Analysis and Analyticism	115	(1)
The Concept of Gestalt	116	(2)
The Structural Unity of the Self	118	(4)
Problems Solved by the Structural Conception	122	(5)
Carlos Astrada (1894--1970)	127	(18)
Existentialism and the Crisis of Philosophy	129	(16)
[The Problematic of Man]	129	(6)
The Humanism of Liberty and Its Image of Man	135	(10)
Francisco Miro Quesada (b. 1918)	145	(22)
Man without Theory	147	(20)
[The Failure of All Theories of Man]	147	(14)
PART III: Values
Introduction	161	(6)
Alejandro Korn (1860--1936)	167	(14)
Philosophical Notes	169	(6)
[Value as the Object of a Valuation]	169	(6)
Axiology	175	(6)
[Valuation]	175	(6)
Alejandro Octavio Deustua (1849--1945)	181	(12)
General Aesthetics	183	(10)
Aesthetic Experience	183	(10)
Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872--1958)	193	(12)
Fermentary	195	(10)
What Is the Moral Sign of Human Anxiety?	195	(6)
On Moral Consciousness	201	(4)
Miguel Reale (b. 1910)	205	(28)
Philosophy of Law	207	(26)
Values and the Realm of Ought to Be	207	(2)
Characteristics of Value	209	(2)
[Classification of Values]	211	(3)
Act and Value	214	(5)
PART IV: The Search for Identity
Introduction	219	(14)
A. THE NATION AND THE PEOPLE
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811--1888)	233	(12)
Civilization and Barbarism	235	(10)
Physical Aspect of the Argentine Republic, and the Forms of Character, Habits, and Ideas Induced by It	235	(10)
Jose Mart (1853--1895)	245	(12)
Our America	245	(8)
My Race	253	(4)
Jose Carlos Mariategui (1894--1930)	257	(10)
Seven Interpretative Essays on Peruvian Reality	259	(8)
The Problem of the Indian	259	(8)
Jose Vasconcelos (1882--1959)	267	(12)
The Cosmic Race	269	(10)
Samuel Ramos (1897--1959)	279	(8)
Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico	281	(6)
The Profile of Mexican Culture	281	(6)
Jorge J. E. Gracia (b. 1942)	287	(24)
What Makes Hispanics/Latinos Who We Are? The Key to Our Unity in Diversity	289	(22)
Linda Martin Alcoff (b. 19-----)	311
Is Latina/o Identity a Racial Identity?	313