Format:
1 Online-Ressource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
9781315100401
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Four Defining Themes -- Note to Instructors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 1. Philosophy without Europe -- Mesoamerica at Contact -- Mexica vs. Franciscan Understandings of Philosophy-cum-Religion, Human Lifeways, and Ways of Being a Human in the World -- The Existential Condition of Humankind and Defining Problematic of Mexica Philosophy -- The Five Ages and Creation of Human Beings -- Some Comparisons -- Enacting Contemporary Indigenous Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. "The Indian Problem": Conquest and the Valladolid Debate -- Introduction -- The Emergence of "The Indian Problem" during the Spanish Conquest -- Aristotle's Theory of Natural Slavery -- Sepúlveda: Democrates Segundo -- Las Casas: In Defense of the Indians -- Contemporary Relevance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. The Continental Struggle for Democracy: The American Wars of Independence as Experiments in Justice -- The Latinx Threat Narrative and the Continental Struggle for Democracy -- Declarations of Independence in the Americas -- The Congress of Panama and the Contradictions of U.S. American Democracy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Nation-Building through Education: Positivism and Its Transformations in Mexico -- Auguste Comte: The French Founder of Positivism -- Gabino Barreda's Positivism and the Mexican Education System -- The Evolving "Positivism" of Justo Sierra and the Científicos -- Mexico's Athenaeum of Youth: More Anti-Porfirist than AntiPositivist -- Positivism and Jose Vasconcelos' Raza Cósmica -- Positivism and Antonio Caso's Reflections on Existence as Charity -- Chicanx Identity, the Chicano Movement, and Gloria Anzaldúa's Mestiza Consciousness -- Education Today -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138295868
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138295865
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1138295868
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315100401
