Thinking from the Underside of History Enrique Dussel's Philosophy of Liberation

by Alcoff, Linda Martín; Mendieta, Eduardo; Apel, Karl-Otto; Barber, Michael D.; Dussel, Enrique; Goizueta, Roberto S.; Lange, Lynda; Marsh, James L.; Mignolo, Walter D.; Saenz, Mario; Schelkshorn, Hans; Vuola, Elina

• ISBN13: 9780847696505
• ISBN10: 0847696502
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-12
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics, evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others, but most importantly, the development of a philosophy written from the underside of Eurocentric modernist teleologies, an ethics of the impoverished, and the articulation of a unique Latin American theoretical perspective. This anthology of original articles by U.S. philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought, offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives, including feminist ones. Also included is an essay by Dussel that responds to these essays. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Linda Martin Alcoff is professor of philosophy at Syracuse University Karl-Otto Apel is author of Auseinandersetzungen, Diskurs und Verantwortung and Transformation der Philosophie, 2 vols Michael D. Barber is professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University Enrique Dussel is professor of philosophy at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Roberto S. Goizueta is professor of theology at Boston College Lynda Lange is in the Philosophy Department at the University of Toronto James L. Marsh is professor of philosophy at Fordham University Eduardo Mendieta is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of San Francisco Walter D. Mignolo is William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature and Romance Studies and professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University Mario Saenz is professor of philosophy at Le Moyne College Hans Schelkshorn is assistant professor at the University of Vienna, Austria Elina Vuola has a Ph.D. in theology and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Helsinki

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(26)
Linda Martin Alcoff
Eduardo Mendieta
Dussel's Philosophy of Liberation: Ethics and the Geopolitics of Knowledge	27	(24)
Walter D. Mignolo
The Material Principle and the Formal Principle in Dussel's Ethics	51	(18)
James L. Marsh
Can ``Liberation Ethics'' Be Assimilated under ``Discourse Ethics''?	69	(28)
Karl-Otto Apel
Discourse and Liberation: Toward a Critical Coordination of Discourse Ethics and Dussel's Ethics of Liberation	97	(20)
Hans Schelkshorn
Beyond Universal History: Dussel's Critique of Globalization	117	(18)
Eduardo Mendieta
Burnt Offerings to Rationality: A Feminist Reading of the Construction of Indigenous Peoples in Dussel's Theory of Modernity	135	(14)
Lynda Lange
Thinking Otherwise: Dussel, Liberation Theology, and Feminism	149	(32)
Elina Vuola
Locating the Absolutely Absolute Other: Toward a Transmodern Christianity	181	(14)
Roberto S. Goizueta
Theory and Alterity: Dussel's Marx and Marion on Idolatry	195	(18)
Michael D. Barber
Dussel on Marx: Living Labor and the Materiality of Life	213	(36)
Mario Saenz
Power/Knowledges in the Colonial Unconscious: A Dialogue between Dussel and Foucault	249	(20)
Linda Martin Alcoff
Epilogue	269	(22)
Enrique Dussel
Name Index	291	(4)
Subject Index	295	(4)
About the Contributors	299