Misplaced Ideas?: Political-Intellectual History in Latin America
Elías J. Palti, "Misplaced Ideas?: Political-Intellectual History in Latin America "
English | ISBN: 0197774946 | 2024 | 224 pages | EPUB, PDF | 533 KB + 9 MB
English | ISBN: 0197774946 | 2024 | 224 pages | EPUB, PDF | 533 KB + 9 MB
Is there a Latin American thought? What distinguishes it from the thought of other regions, particularly from European thought? What are its main expressions in political, cultural, and social life? How has it evolved historically? As the Mexican philosopher Leopoldo Zea Aguilar stated: "hardly any other society has so zealously sought for the features of its own identity."
In Misplaced Ideas?, Elías J. Palti examines how Latin American identity has been conceived across different epochs and diverse conceptual contexts. Palti approaches these ideas from a historical-intellectual perspective, unraveling the theoretical foundations on which the very interrogation on Latin American identity has been forumulated and re-formulated. While he does not endorse or refute any particular perspective, Palti discloses the historical and contingent nature of their foundations. Ultimately,
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