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Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics, evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others, but most importantly, the development of a philosophy written from the underside of Eurocentric modernist teleologies, an ethics of the impoverished, and the articulation of a unique Latin American theoretical perspective. This anthology of original articles by U.S. philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought, offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives, including feminist ones. Also included is an essay by Dussel that responds to these essays.
List of contents
Chapter 1 1: Introduction by Linda Martin Alcoff and Eduardo Mendieta Chapter 2 2: Dussel's Philosophy of Liberation: Ethics and Geopolitics of Knowledge by Walter D. Mingnolo Chapter 3 3: The Material Principle and the Formal Principle in Dussel's Ethics by James L. Marsh Chapter 4 4: Can "Liberation Ethics" Be Assimilated under "Discourse Ethics"? by Karl-Otto Apel Chapter 5 5: Discourse and Liberation: Toward a Critical Coordination of Discourse Ethics and Dussel's Ethics of Liberation by Hans Schelkshorn Chapter 6 6: Beyond Universal History: Dussel's Critique of Globalization by Eduardo Mendieta Chapter 7 7: Burnt Offerings to Rationality: A Feminist Reading of the Construction of Indigenous Peoples in Dussel's Theory of Modernity by Lynda Lange Chapter 8 8: Thinking Otherwise: Dussel, Liberation Theology, and Feminism by Elina Vuola Chapter 9 9: Locating the Absolutely Absolute Other: Toward a Transmodern Christianity by Roberto S. Goizueta Chapter 10 10: Theory and Alterity: Dussel's Marx and Marion on Idolatry by Michael D. Barber Chapter 11 11: Dussel on Marx: Living Labor and the Materiality of Life by Mario Saenz Chapter 12 12: Power/Knowledges in the Colonial Unconscious: A Dialogue between Dussel and Foucault by Linda Martin Alcoff Chapter 13 13: Epilogue by Enrique Dussel
About the author
Linda Martin Alcoff is professor of philosophy at Syracuse University. Eduardo Mendieta is assistant professor of philosophy at University of San Francisco.
Summary
Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics and evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others. This anthology of articles by US philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives.
