Delimitations of Latin American Philosophy: Beyond Redemption [Hardcover]

A distinctive focus of 19th- and 20th-century Latin American philosophy is the convergence of identity formation and political liberation in ethnically and racially diverse postcolonial contexts. From this perspective, Omar Rivera interprets how a we is articulated and deployed in central political texts of this robust philosophical tradition. In particular, by turning to the work of Peruvian political theorist Jos? Carlos Mari?tegui among others, Rivera critiques philosophies of liberation that are invested in the redemption of oppressed identities as conditions for bringing about radical social and political change, foregrounding Latin America's complex histories and socialities to illustrate the power and shortcomings of these projects. Building on this critical approach, Rivera studies interrelated epistemological, transcultural, and aesthetic delimitations of Latin American philosophy in order to explore the possibility of social and political liberation beyond redemption.

Omar Rivera is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University.

Contributes to wide methodological debates about the nature of ideal and non-ideal theory, building on, challenging, and evaluating reductionist readings of many Latin American philosophers.

Complemented by careful textual analysis, Omar Rivera presents an original view of Jos? Carlos Mari?tegui's role in Latin American philosophy and his relation to identity, liberation, and aesthetics.

Introduction: Pachakuti

1. Rapture: A Contextual and Redemptive Reading of Bol?var

2. Displacement: Spatializing Mart?'s Nuestra Am?rica

3. Dissemination: Logics of Redemption in Mari?tegui's Seven Essays

4. Liminalities: Schutte's Transcultural Reading of Mari?tegui

5. Representation: Mari?tegui's and Lugones' Invisibilities

6. Aesthetic DisclÃh