Octavio Paz
Humanism and Critique
Octavio Paz is one of the most recognized Latin American writers. His essays offer a sophisticated critique of global modernity. Although his work has advanced many of the arguments that orient our contemporary debates in the social sciences and in philosophy, it has hardly ever been seriously taken into consideration in these disciplines. The volume suggests that this may have been a mistake. Its authors indicate ways in which Paz' essays can be read as substantial contributions to the contemporary debates in various fields. The aim of this book is to present to a non-Spanish speaking audience some of the discussions about Paz' offerings to the ongoing debates. It also wants to make a clear statement: a critique of our contemporary modernity must go hand in hand with a non-exclusive intercultural understanding of Humanism.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Content
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Foreword
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Introduction: Crossing Borders, Reaching Humanity
Seiten 9 - 16 -
Part I: The Critical Theory of Octavio Paz
Theodor W. Adorno and Octavio Paz - A Comparison of their Early Cultural-Philosophical Writings Published after the Second World War
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Theodor W. Adorno and Octavio Paz: Two Critiques of the Same Modernity
Seiten 31 - 46 -
Socialism in One Person: Specter of Marx in Octavio Paz's Political Thought
Seiten 47 - 64 -
Octavio Paz reads Moses and Monotheism
Seiten 65 - 86 -
Part II: Paz and the 'Privileges of Sight
Octavio Paz, Mexican Muralist
Seiten 89 - 98 -
On Visual Modernity and Poetic Critique, between Octavio Paz and Walter Benjamin
Seiten 99 - 110 -
Duchamp According to Octavio Paz
Seiten 111 - 134 -
Part III: Octavio Paz and Social Sciences
The Sociology of Octavio Paz
Seiten 137 - 154 -
The Walls of the Labyrinth: Mapping Octavio Paz's Sociology through Georg Simmel's Method
Seiten 155 - 178 -
Luz inteligente: The Anthropological Dimension in Octavio Paz's First Essays
Seiten 179 - 214 -
Part IV: Octavio Paz and Philosophy
Octavio Paz's Poetic Reply to Hegel's Philosophical Legacy
Seiten 217 - 230 -
To Hear the Inaudible, To See the Imperceptible: Modernity and Otherness in Octavio Paz
Seiten 231 - 248 -
The Blue Fire of the Double Flame
Seiten 249 - 258 -
Notes on Contributors
Seiten 259 - 262 -
Index of Names
Seiten 263 - 266
27. November 2009, 266 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-1304-9
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