Latin American Philosophy from Identity to Radical Exteriority [Hardcover]

While recognizing its origins and scope, Alejandro A. Vallega offers a new interpretation of Latin American philosophy by looking at its radical and transformative roots. Placing it in dialogue with Western philosophical traditions, Vallega examines developments in gender studies, race theory, postcolonial theory, and the legacy of cultural dependency in light of the Latin American experience. He explores Latin Americas engagement with contemporary problems in Western philosophy and describes the transformative impact of this encounter on contemporary thought.

Vallega engages with current debates among those seeking a decolonial approach to concepts of identity, history, and liberation without unhelpful baggage from European colonial modernity. He impressively remaps and advances the debate. Many have been anticipating this book with some excitement; it will exceed their expectations.

Introduction

Part 1. Identity, Dependency, and the Project of Liberation
1. The Question of a Latin American Philosophy and its Identity: Sim?n Bol?var and Leopoldo Zea
2. Existence and Dependency: Ernesto Mayz Vallenillas Phenomenological Analysis of Being Latin American and Augusto Salazar Bondys Negative Critique of Latin American Philosophy
3. Latin American Philosophy and Liberation: Enrique Dussels Project of a Philosophy of Liberation
4. Delimitations... of Dussels Philosophy of Liberation and Beyond
Part 2. The Decolonial Turn and the Dissemination of Philosophies
5. Beyond the Domination of the Coloniality of Power and Knowledge : Latin Americas Living Ana-Chronic Temporality and the Dissemination of Philosophy
6. Remaining with the Decolonial Turn: Race and the Limits of the Social-Political Historical Critique in Latin American Thought

Part 3. Thinking from Radical Exteriority
7. Yucat?n: Thought Situated in Radical Exteriority as a Thinking of Concrete Fluid Singularities
8. Modernity and Rationality Rethought in Light olc`