Delimitations of Latin American Philosophy

Omar Rivera is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University.

"Contributes to wide methodological debates about the nature of ideal and non-ideal theory, building on, challenging, and evaluating reductionist readings of many Latin American philosophers."—Ernesto Rosen Velásquez, editor (with Ramón Grosfoguel and Roberto Hernández) of Decolonizing the Westernized University: Interventions in Philosophy of Education from Within and Without"Complemented by careful textual analysis, Omar Rivera presents an original view of José Carlos Mariátegui's role in Latin American philosophy and his relation to identity, liberation, and aesthetics."—Elizabeth Millán Brusslan, editor of After the Avant-Gardes: Reflections on the Future of the Fine Arts"Omar Rivera book Delimitations of Latin American Philosophy: Beyond Redemption provides a fruitful addition to the rapidly growing body of literature on Latin American philosophy. n from Latin America—Simón Bolívar, José Martí, and José Carlos Mariátegui—Rivera weaves a narrative within Latin American philosophy that can help orient readers (both familiar and unfamiliar with this tradition) through some of the important complexities found within this tradition."—Alan Chavoya, Radical Philosophy Review

• Introduction: Pachakuti1. Rapture: A "Contextual" and Redemptive Reading of Bolívar2. Displacement: Spatializing Martí's "Nuestra América"3. Dissemination: Logics of Redemption in Mariátegui's Seven Essays4. Liminalities: Schutte's Transcultural Reading of Mariátegui5. Representation: Mariátegui's and Lugones' Invisibilities6. Aesthetic Discipline: Mariátegui Through Quijano and Flores Galindo Conclusion: DelimitationsNotes