Susanna Nuccetelli

Latin American Thought

Philosophical Problems and Arguments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relationship between philosophy and rationality in Latin American thought, the nature of justice, human rights, and cultural identity, and other questions that have concerned Latin American thinkers from the colonial period to the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780813365534
• ISBN-10: 0813365538
• Artikelnr.: 21804680

Autorenporträt

Nuccetelli, Susanna

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Epistemic Practices of Latin American Indians: A Puzzle for Philosophers
Could the Mayans Think? And What About Us?
Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science
The Legacy of 1492: Pluralism, Relativism, and the Clash of Cultures
Thomistic Philosophy and the Conquest: Human Rights in the New World
Iberian Scholasticism and Its Critics: From Colonial Rule to Independence
Latin Americans, North Americans, and the Rest of the World
Latin American Identity: Ethnicity, Name, and Thought