Latin American and Latinx philosophy: a collaborative introduction

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Four Defining Themes -- Note to Instructors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 1. Philosophy without Europe -- Mesoamerica at Contact -- Mexica vs. Franciscan Understandings of Philosophy-cum-Religion, Human Lifeways, and Ways of Being a Human in the World -- The Existential Condition of Humankind and Defining Problematic of Mexica Philosophy -- The Five Ages and Creation of Human Beings -- Some Comparisons -- Enacting Contemporary Indigenous Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. "The Indian Problem": Conquest and the Valladolid Debate -- Introduction -- The Emergence of "The Indian Problem" during the Spanish Conquest -- Aristotle's Theory of Natural Slavery -- Sepúlveda: Democrates Segundo -- Las Casas: In Defense of the Indians -- Contemporary Relevance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. The Continental Struggle for Democracy: The American Wars of Independence as Experiments in Justice -- The Latinx Threat Narrative and the Continental Struggle for Democracy -- Declarations of Independence in the Americas -- The Congress of Panama and the Contradictions of U.S. American Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Nation-Building through Education: Positivism and Its Transformations in Mexico -- Auguste Comte: The French Founder of Positivism -- Gabino Barreda's Positivism and the Mexican Education System -- The Evolving "Positivism" of Justo Sierra and the Científicos -- Mexico's Athenaeum of Youth: More Anti-Porfirist than AntiPositivist -- Positivism and Jose Vasconcelos' Raza Cósmica -- Positivism and Antonio Caso's Reflections on Existence as Charity -- Chicanx Identity, the Chicano Movement, and Gloria Anzaldúa's Mestiza Consciousness -- Education Today -- Notes -- Bibliography.

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Latin American and Latinx philosophy: a collaborative introduction

Sanchez, Robert Eli

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