Latin American and Latinx Philosophy: A Collaborative Introduction

✍ Scribed by Robert Eli Sanchez, Jr.

• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Four Defining Themes
Note to Instructors
Notes
Bibliography
1. Philosophy without Europe
Mesoamerica at Contact
Mexica vs. Franciscan Understandings of Philosophy-cum-Religion,
Human Lifeways, and Ways of Being a Human in the World
The Existential Condition of Humankind and Defining Problematic of Mexica Philosophy
The Five Ages and Creation of Human Beings
Some Comparisons
Enacting Contemporary Indigenous Philosophy
Notes
Bibliography
2. “The Indian Problem”: Conquest and the Valladolid Debate
Introduction
The Emergence of “The Indian Problem” during the Spanish
Conquest
Aristotle’s Theory of Natural Slavery
Sepúlveda: Democrates Segundo
Las Casas: In Defense of the Indians
Contemporary Relevance
Notes
Bibliography
3. The Continental Struggle for Democracy: The American Wars of Independence as Experiments in Justice
The Latinx Threat Narrative and the Continental Struggle for Democracy
Declarations of Independence in the Americas
The Congress of Panama and the Contradictions of U.S. American Democracy
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
4. Nation-Building through Education: Positivism and Its Transformations in Mexico
Auguste Comte: The French Founder of Positivism
Gabino Barreda’s Positivism and the Mexican Education System
The Evolving “Positivism” of Justo Sierra and the Científicos
Mexico’s Athenaeum of Youth: More Anti-Porfirist than AntiPositivist
Positivism and Jose Vasconcelos’ Raza Cósmica
Positivism and Antonio Caso’s Reflections on Existence as Charity
Chicanx Identity, the Chicano Movement, and Gloria Anzaldúa’s
Mestiza Consciousness
Education Today
Notes
Bibliography
5. The Philosophy of Mexican Culture
Authentic Mexicanness
A Clearly Defined National Character
Mexican Humanism
Mexican Philosophy
No Brands of Philosophy
Frondizi
Villegas
The Theme of Ortega’s Time
The Double Character of Culture
Transforming Philosophy
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
6. Mexican Existentialism
The Existentialist Position
The Arrival of Existentialism in Mexico
Three Existentialist Themes in Uranga, Villoro, and Zea
“Accidentality” and “Insufficiency”
“Zozobra” and “Nepantla”
Commitment and Responsibility
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
7. Liberation Philosophy
Ideologization and the Social Function of Philosophy
The Persistence of Coloniality
Dussel’s Analectical Liberatory Philosophy
Zea’s Existential-Phenomenological Contribution
Conclusion: Latin American Philosophy as Liberation Philosophy
Notes
Bibliography
8. Latin American and Latinx Feminisms
Introduction
Foundations of Latin American and Latinx Feminisms
Latin American Feminist Ideas of the 20th Century
U.S. Ch/Xicana and Latina/x Feminisms
Translocating Thought: Hemispheric Dialogues Between Latin/a
America and Latina/x Feminisms
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
9. Indigenism in Peru and Bolivia
González Prada
Mariátegui
Fausto Reinaga
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
10. Latinx Philosophy and the Ethics of Migration
Latinx Contributions to the Open-Borders Debate
Latinx Approaches to Immigration Justice
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
11. Latinx Identity
The Race-Ethnicity Debate
The Debate Regarding “el género-gender”
The Debate Regarding “Latinx-Latino/a”
Notes
Bibliography
12. Metaphilosophy: Defining Latin American and Latinx Philosophy
Introduction
The Questions of Originality and Authenticity
The Skeptics
The Defenders
Latinx Philosophy
Notes
Bibliography
Index