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Octavio Paz Humanism and Critique Oliver Kozlarek
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization
- Der Mensch im Netz der Kulturen - Humanismus in der Epoche der Globalisierung / Being Human: Caught in the Web of Cultures - Humanism in the Age of Globalization 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Octavio Paz.
- Critique of Modernity.
- Humanism.
- Social Theory.
- Social Philosophy.
- Latin America.
- Literature.
- Human.
- Romance Studies.
- Interculturalism.
- Literary Studies.
- Spanish Literature.
- Cultural Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Octavio Paz.
- Critique of Modernity.
- Humanism.
- Social Theory.
- Social Philosophy.
- Latin America.
- Literature.
- Human.
- Romance Studies.
- Interculturalism.
- Literary Studies.
- Spanish Literature.
- Cultural Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Kozlarek (ed.), Octavio Paz Humanism and Critique
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Oliver Kozlarek (Dr. phil., Dr. en Humanidades) teaches Political and Social Philosophy and Social Theory at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Mexico.
- Summary:
- Octavio Paz is one of the most recognized Latin American writers. His essays offer a sophisticated critique of global modernity. Although his work has advanced many of the arguments that orient our contemporary debates in the social sciences and in philosophy, it has hardly ever been seriously taken into consideration in these disciplines. The volume suggests that this may have been a mistake. Its authors indicate ways in which Paz' essays can be read as substantial contributions to the contemporary debates in various fields. The aim of this book is to present to a non-Spanish speaking audience some of the discussions about Paz' offerings to the ongoing debates. It also wants to make a clear statement: a critique of our contemporary modernity must go hand in hand with a non-exclusive intercultural understanding of Humanism.
- Reviewed in:Iberoamericana, XI/44 (2011), Klaus Meyer-Minnemann
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Foreword 7 Introduction: Crossing Borders, Reaching Humanity 9 Theodor W. Adorno and Octavio Paz - A Comparison of their Early Cultural-Philosophical Writings Published after the Second World War 19 Theodor W. Adorno and Octavio Paz: Two Critiques of the Same Modernity 31 Socialism in One Person: Specter of Marx in Octavio Paz's Political Thought 47 Octavio Paz reads Moses and Monotheism 65 Octavio Paz, Mexican Muralist 89 On Visual Modernity and Poetic Critique, between Octavio Paz and Walter Benjamin 99 Duchamp According to Octavio Paz 111 The Sociology of Octavio Paz 137 The Walls of the Labyrinth: Mapping Octavio Paz's Sociology through Georg Simmel's Method 155 Luz inteligente: The Anthropological Dimension in Octavio Paz's First Essays 179 Octavio Paz's Poetic Reply to Hegel's Philosophical Legacy 217 To Hear the Inaudible, To See the Imperceptible: Modernity and Otherness in Octavio Paz 231 The Blue Fire of the Double Flame 249 Notes on Contributors 259 Index of Names 263
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783839413043
- 3839413044
- OCLC:
- 1013946435
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