Misplaced ideas? : political-intellectual history in Latin America / Elías J. Palti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palti, Elías José, author.

Series:

Studies in comparative political theory.

Oxford scholarship online.

Studies in comparative political theory

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Historiography.

Latin America.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In 'Misplaced Ideas?', Elías J. Palti examines how Latin American identity has been conceived across different epochs and diverse conceptual contexts. Palti approaches these ideas from a historical-intellectual perspective, unraveling the theoretical foundations on which the very interrogation on Latin American identity has been forumulated and re-formulated. While he does not endorse or refute any particular perspective, Palti discloses the historical and contingent nature of their foundations.

Contents:

Cover

Series

Misplaced Ideas?

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Laughter of the Thracian Girl: For an Intellectual History of Latin American Thought

1. The History of the "History of Ideas" in Latin America and Its Critics

Part 1 Theoretical Approaches: The Emergence of Latin Americanist Radicalism: A Case of Inverted Orientalism?

2. Latin American Philosophy I: The Historicist Line in the Genealogical Looking Glass

3. Latin American Philosophy II: The Phenomenological Line and the Metaphysical Turn

4. Revisiting the Topic of "Misplaced Ideas": Dependency Theory and Ideological Production in the Periphery

Part 2 Historiographical Approaches: The Syndrome of Alphonse the Wise: Teleologism and Normativism in the History of Ideas

5. On the "Ideological Origins" of the Revolutions of Independence

6. From Tradition to Modernity? Historical Revisionism and Political-​Conceptual History

Conclusion: The Quest for an Identity: The Pseudo-​Problem as a Historical-​Intellectual Problem

Quoted Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 23, 2024).

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ISBN:

0-19-755667-1

0-19-755665-5

OCLC:

1418755578