Critical Marxism in Mexico : Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolivar Echeverria / by Stefan Gandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandler, Stefan, author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 87.

Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 87

Standardized Title:

Peripherer Marxismus. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Marxist--Mexico.

Philosophy, Marxist.

Critical theory--Mexico.

Critical theory.

Sánchez Vázquez, Adolfo.

Echeverría, Bolívar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Critical Marxism in Mexico , Stefan Gandler, coming from the tradition of the Frankfurt School, reveals the contributions that Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría have made to universal thought. While in recent times Latin America has taken its distance from global power centers, and reorganised its political and economic relations, in philosophy the same tendency is barely visible. Critical Marxism in Mexico is a contribution to the reorganisation of international philosophical discussion, with Critical Theory as the point of departure. Despite having studied in Europe, where philosophical Eurocentrism remains virulent, Gandler opens his eyes to another tradition of modernity and offers an account of the life and philosophy of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría, former senior faculty members at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: From Eurocentric to Peripheral Marxism

1 The Life and Work of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

2 The Life and Work of Bolívar Echeverría

3 The ‘State of Art’

4 The Concept of Praxis

5 Everyday Consciousness of Praxis

6 The Relationship between Philosophy and Praxis in History

7 The Theses on Feuerbach

8 Critique of Some Marxist Conceptions of Knowledge

9 Once Again on the Problem of Knowledge and Praxis

10 The Philosophy of Praxis: Two Versions

11 Praxis and Use-Value

12 Concretisation of the Concept of Praxis

13 Modernity and Capitalism

14 The Concept of Historical Ethos

15 The Four Ethe of Capitalist Modernity

16 Ethos and Ideology

17 Utopia: A Non-Capitalist Society of Commodity Producers

18 Affirmation or Critique of Praxis?

19 The Conceptual Determination of Culture and Nature

20 The Philosophical Critique of Eurocentrism

Bibliographical Appendix

References

Index of Titles

Index of Concepts

Index of Names.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28468-0

OCLC:

893409238

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004284685 DOI