|
Showing 1 - 8 of
8 matches in All Departments
Emilio Uranga, a founding member of the famed el grupo Hiperion,
devoted his life to characterizing the nuances and uniqueness of
Mexican existence. His landmark book, Analisis del ser del mexicano
became an instant classic. This is the first English translation of
the work, which, accompanied by a comprehensive introduction,
features: * Key moments in the development of 20th century Mexican
philosophy up to the writing of Uranga's text * A detailed overview
of the translated text and its most significant movements *
Discussion of Uranga's relevance to contemporary debates in the
phenomenology of culture, decolonial philosophy, phenomenology, and
Latin American philosophy itself * Considerations of Uranga's
"ontology," and how he justified his project by appealing to
20th-century Mexican poetry and existential phenomenology Reading
Uranga's brilliant words expertly translated and introduced by
Carlos Alberto Sanchez finally allows us to understand why this
Mexican philosopher is considered one of the most fearless and
original thinkers of the 20th century.
Sanchez and Sanchez have selected, edited, translated, and
introduced some of the most influential texts in Mexican
philosophy, which constitute a unique and robust tradition that
will challenge and complicate traditional conceptions of
philosophy. The texts collected here are organized chronologically
and represent a period of Mexican thought and culture that emerged
from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and which culminated in la
filosofia de lo mexicano (the philosophy of Mexicanness). Though
the selections reflect on a variety of philosophical questions,
collectively they represent a growing tendency to take seriously
the question of Mexican national identity as a philosophical
question-especially given the complexities of Mexico's indigenous
and European ancestries, a history of colonialism, and a growing
dependency on foreign money and culture. More than an attempt to
describe the national character, however, the texts gathered here
represent an optimistic period in Mexican philosophy that aimed to
affirm Mexican culture and philosophy as a valuable, if not urgent,
contribution to universal culture.
Sanchez and Sanchez have selected, edited, translated, and
introduced some of the most influential texts in Mexican
philosophy, which constitute a unique and robust tradition that
will challenge and complicate traditional conceptions of
philosophy. The texts collected here are organized chronologically
and represent a period of Mexican thought and culture that emerged
from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and which culminated in la
filosofia de lo mexicano (the philosophy of Mexicanness). Though
the selections reflect on a variety of philosophical questions,
collectively they represent a growing tendency to take seriously
the question of Mexican national identity as a philosophical
question-especially given the complexities of Mexico's indigenous
and European ancestries, a history of colonialism, and a growing
dependency on foreign money and culture. More than an attempt to
describe the national character, however, the texts gathered here
represent an optimistic period in Mexican philosophy that aimed to
affirm Mexican culture and philosophy as a valuable, if not urgent,
contribution to universal culture.
This work engages Edmund Husserl's phenomenological philosophy from
the years 1901 to 1913. It argues that central to what Husserl
calls 'the phenomenology of reason' is a theory of epistemic
justification which proposes that one holds a belief as true when
it is 'rational' to hold that belief as true, and this occurs when
the belief is justified by an intuitive presentation of the object
to which it refers. I focus on three major works of Husserl's early
period: Logical Investigations (1900/1), The Idea of Phenomenology
(1907), and Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and
Phenomenological Philosophy, Book 1 (1913). The claim is that the
epistemological ideas leading to the phenomenology of reason follow
an uninterrupted and intentional path culminating in the view that
it is justification of one's beliefs which allows the thinking
subject to overcome her skeptical worries and, ultimately, that it
is the phenomenological method itself that serves as the means to
achieve philosophical, and human, authenticity.
Emilio Uranga, a founding member of the famed el grupo Hiperion,
devoted his life to characterizing the nuances and uniqueness of
Mexican existence. His landmark book, Analisis del ser del mexicano
became an instant classic. This is the first English translation of
the work, which, accompanied by a comprehensive introduction,
features: * Key moments in the development of 20th century Mexican
philosophy up to the writing of Uranga's text * A detailed overview
of the translated text and its most significant movements *
Discussion of Uranga's relevance to contemporary debates in the
phenomenology of culture, decolonial philosophy, phenomenology, and
Latin American philosophy itself * Considerations of Uranga's
"ontology," and how he justified his project by appealing to
20th-century Mexican poetry and existential phenomenology Reading
Uranga's brilliant words expertly translated and introduced by
Carlos Alberto Sanchez finally allows us to understand why this
Mexican philosopher is considered one of the most fearless and
original thinkers of the 20th century.
|
|