Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century - Essential Readings

Sánchez 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 filosofía 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.

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• Authors: Carlos Alberto Saanchez, Carlos Alberto Sanchez, Carlos Alberto (Editor of the American Ph Sanchez, Carlos Alberto (EDT)/ Sanchez Sanchez, Robert Eli Sanchez
• Assisted by: Carlos Alberto Sanchez (Editor), Jr. Sanchez (Editor), Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Editor), Carlos Alberto Sànchez (Editor), Robert Eli Sanchez Jr (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780190601300
• ISBN: 978-0-19-060130-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Oxford New Histories of Philos; Oxford New Histories of Philosophy; Oxford New Histories of Philosophy; Oxford New Histories of Philos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works