Contingency and Commitment

Carlos Alberto Sánchez is Professor of Philosophy at San José State University and the author of The Suspension of Seriousness: On the Phenomenology of Jorge Portilla, With a Translation of Fenomenología del relajo, also published by SUNY Press.

"As the first major English-language book on the existentialist movement in Mexico, Contingency and Commitment is no doubt a welcome addition to the steadily growing Latin American intellectual history library. This book is a must-read for (graduate) students of history, sociology, critical theory, and philosophy." — H-Net Reviews (H-LatAm)"…capable of disrupting our most firmly held beliefs and encouraging us to think differently." — Hispanic American Historical Review"…Sánchez's arguments provide a compelling perspective on the continued significance of the history of Latin American philosophy, and the author develops a thoughtful and provocative existential framing of the conditions of lived experience for Latina/os in the U.S. … the overarching contributions of Sánchez's work will likely serve for many readers as an invitation to begin or to continue engaging the many complex debates within Latin American and U.S. Latina/o philosophy." — Human Studies

• Introduction: From Prejudice to Violence1. EXISTENTIALISM AS PAUSE AND OCCASION: The Appropriations of el Grupo Hiperión2. DENYING THE POSTMODERN: Jorge Portilla on Reason, Unreason, and the Freedom of Limits3. THE PASSION DIALECTIC: On Rootedness, Fervors, and Appropriations4. THE MEXICAN/AMERICAN CHALLENGE TO PHILOSOPHY: Uranga and Dewey5. PHILOSOPHY SIN MÁS?: Notes on the Value of Mexican Philosophy for Latino/a LifeNotesBibliographyIndex