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  • Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century

    The Human Condition, Values, and the Search for Identity

    Edición de Jorge J. E. Gracia, SUNY Buffalo, Elizabeth Millan-Zaibert ...
    This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from several different Latin American countries and from various periods in the history of Latin American thought are included. Though the main focus is upon the rich contemporary period, several key texts from the colonial and independent period are included to ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Cuba before Castro

    A Century of Family Memoirs

    de Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Although much has been written about Cuba after Castro, relatively little has been written about Cuba before Castro. The political reality of Castro’s Revolution has created a historical void about this period, paying insufficient attention to an important century before 1959. Cuba has become a political punching bag, between supporters and critics of Castro and the Revolution, making it difficult ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Latin American Perspectives on Globalization

    Ethics, Politics, and Alternative Visions

    de Mario Sáenz, Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Iván Petrella, Ofelia Schutte, Leopoldo Zea, Debra A. Castillo, Rafael Cervantes Martínez, Felipe Gil Chamizo, María Mercedes Jaramillo, María Pía Lara-Zavala0, Roberto Regalado Álvarez1, Santiago Castro-Gómez3, Jorge J. E. Gracia4, Eduardo Mendieta5, Walter D. Mignolo6 ...
    From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to conventional theories of globalization. The contributors to this volume imagine a discourse in which revolution is defined not as a temporalized march of progress or takeover of state power, but as a movement for local control that upholds standards of material conditions ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality

    A Challenge for the 21st Century

    de Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book to explore philosophically the concepts of race, ethnicity, and nationality, and offer a systematic and unified theory emphasizing metaphysical and epistemological issues. Gracia argues for a familial, historical view of ethnicity and race in the tradition of Du Bois, and for a political view of nationality the roots of which can be ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture

    Edición de William Irwin, Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Aristotle analyzed the popular art of his time: the tragedies and epics. Why should philosophers today not do likewise? Perhaps we can learn something from children's stories by subverting the dominant paradigm of adult authority and admitting with Socrates that we don't know all the answers. Perhaps Batman has ethical lessons to teach that generalize beyond the pages of comic books. Is it better ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • With a Diamond in My Shoe

    A Philosopher's Search for Identity in America

    de Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Series series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
    The intellectual autobiography of a leading figure in the field of Latin American philosophy.In 1961, at the age of nineteen, Jorge J. E. Gracia escaped from the island of Cuba by passing himself off as a Catholic seminarian. He arrived in the United States with just a few spare belongings and his mother's diamond ring secured in a hole in one of his shoes. With a Diamond in My Shoe tells the ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Painting Borges

    Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting Literature

    de Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Series series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
    A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges's most famous stories.In this groundbreaking book, Jorge J. E. Gracia explores the artistic interpretation of fiction from a philosophical perspective. Focusing on the work of Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most celebrated literary figures of Latin America, Gracia offers original interpretations of twelve of Borges's most ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Thirteen Ways of Looking at Latino Art

    de Ilan Stavans, Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    The essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans and the analytic philosopher Jorge J. E. Gracia share long-standing interests in the intersection of art and ideas. Here they take thirteen pieces of Latino art, each reproduced in color, as occasions for thematic discussions. Whether the work at the center of a particular conversation is a triptych created by the brothers Einar and Jamex de la ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Uses and Abuses of the Classics

    Western Interpretations of Greek Philosophy

    Edición de Jorge J. E. Gracia, Jiyuan Yu ...
    From very early on, Western philosophers have been obsessed with the understanding of a relatively few works of philosophy which have played a disproportionately large and fundamental role in developing the Western philosophical canon, dominating the curriculum in the past and in the present; there is no indication that they will not do so in the future. Uses and Abuses of the Classics examines ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • Hispanics/Latinos in the United States

    Ethnicity, Race, and Rights

    Edición de Jorge J.E. Gracia, Pablo De Greiff ...
    The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. The diversity of this population is often understated, but the people differ in terms of their origin, race. language, custom, religion, political affiliation, education and economic ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy

    The Cross, the Questions, the Controverssy

    de Jorge J. E. Gracia ...
    Series Libro 10 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has become one of the most controversial films ever made, and it is already a blockbuster of cinematography. Its defenders passionately regard it as one of the most moving and influential pieces of religious art ever created. But its detractors argue with comparable vehemence that the violence and gore it contains, its alleged anti-Semitism, a particular take ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Philosophy in Multiple Voices

    de Randall Halle, Dale Turner, David Haekwon Kim, Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., Professor Lewis R. Gordon, Jorge J. E. Gracia, Nancy Tuana ...
    Philosophy in Multiple Voices invites transactional dialogue, critical imagination, and the desire to travel to enter those discursive spaces where the love of wisdom gets inflected through both lived embodiment and situational history. The text raises significant meta-philosophical questions around the issue of who constitutes the "philosophical we" through a delineation and valorization of ... Leer más

    $121.99 USD