Beyond Philosophy: Ethics, History, Marxism, and Liberation Theology (New Critical Theory)

by Eduardo Mendieta (Editor), Enrique Dussel (Author)

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Enrique Ambrosini Dussel is and has been one of the most prolific Latin American philosophers of the last 100 years. He has written over fifty books, and over three hundred articles ranging over the history of the Latin American philosophy, political philosophy, church history, theology, ethics, and occasional pieces on the state of Latin American countries. Dussel is first and foremost a moral philosopher, a philosopher of liberation. But for him, philosophy must be liberated so that it may contribute to social liberation. In one sense, beyond philosophy means to go beyond contemporary, academicized, professionalized, and civilized philosophy by turning to all that demystifies the autonomy of philosophy and turns our attention to its sources. Beyond philosophy, also means to go beyond philosophy in the Marxian sense of abolishing philosophy by realizing it. This is the definitive English language collection of Dussel's enormous body of work. It will allow the reader to get a good sense of the breath and depth of Dussel's opus, covering four major areas: ethics, economics, history, and liberation theology.

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Enrique Ambrosini Dussel is and has been one of the most prolific Latin American philosophers of the last 100 years. He has written over fifty books, and over three hundred articles ranging over the history of the Latin American philosophy, political philosophy, church history, theology, ethics, and occasional pieces on the state of Latin American countries. Dussel is first and foremost a moral philosopher, a philosopher of liberation. But for him, philosophy must be liberated so that it may contribute to social liberation. In one sense, beyond philosophy means to go beyond contemporary, academicized, professionalized, and civilized philosophy by turning to all that demystifies the autonomy of philosophy and turns our attention to its sources. Beyond philosophy, also means to go beyond philosophy in the Marxian sense of abolishing philosophy by realizing it. This is the definitive English language collection of Dussel's enormous body of work. It will allow the reader to get a good sense of the breath and depth of Dussel's opus, covering four major areas: ethics, economics, history, and liberation theology.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 14 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0847697770
ISBN 13: 9780847697779

Media Reviews

Mendieta's knowledge and versatility in both European and Latin American philosophy make him the natural scholar to edit a collection of Dussel's work on the ethics of liberation. This is a signal contribution that points toward another paradigm of knowledge. -- Walter D. Mignolo, William H Wannamaker Professor and Director, Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Duke University
Enrique Dussel's eclectic and ethical philosophy is as urgent to read as it was urgently written. -- Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, and director of Graduate Studies in Spanish at Harvard
This fine collection of essays is a must-read for scholars interested in thought that brings the genuinely 'critical' dimension back to the world of ideas in this unfortunate age of disciplinary decadence. -- Lewis Gordon, Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut
Enrique Dussel's writing offers a unique combination of ethics, postcolonial political theory, and liberation theology. For several decades his has been an important voice calling for visions of a better global future. Mendieta's translations and introduction ably amplify that voice for English reading audiences.... -- Iris Marion Young, professor of political science at the University of Chicago
Enrique Dussel's writing offers a unique combination of ethics, postcolonial political theory, and liberation theology. For several decades his has been an important voice calling for visions of a better global future. Mendieta's translations and introduction ably amplify that voice for English reading audiences. -- Iris Marion Young, professor of political science at the University of Chicago

Author Bio

Enrique Dussel is a founding member and president of the Study Community for Church History in Latin America and the Association for Philosophy and Liberation. He is the author of over 50 books, including A History of the Church in Latin America and The Invention of the Americas, and has taught at Harvard, Notre Dame, Union Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt, Loyola University, and Duke. Eduardo Mendieta is associate professor of philosophy at SUNY at Stony Brook.