Critical Marxism in Mexico : Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolivar Echeverria / by Stefan Gandler.

In 'Critical Marxism in Mexico', Stefan Gandler, coming from the tradition of the Frankfurt School, reveals the contributions that Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría have made to universal thought. While in recent times Latin America has taken its distance from global power centers, and reorganised its political and economic relations, in philosophy the same tendency is barely visible. 'Critical Marxism in Mexico' is a contribution to the reorganisation of international philosophical discussion, with Critical Theory as the point of departure. Despite having studied in Europe, where philosophical Eurocentrism remains virulent, Gandler opens his eyes to another tradition of modernity and offers an account of the life and philosophy of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría, former senior faculty members at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Prologue to Critical Marxism in Mexico; Preface to the English-Language Edition; Preface to the Original Edition in German; Preface to the Spanish-Language Edition; Introduction: From Eurocentric to Peripheral Marxism ; Part 1 Historical and Theoretical Context ; Chapter 1 The Life and Work of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez ; Beginning of the Biography; The Spanish Civil War; The First Period in Mexico, Exile; The 'New Theoretical and Practical Posture' ; Chapter 2 The Life and Work of Bolívar Echeverría ; The Period in West Germany and West Berlin.

From the Divided City to the Mexican CapitalCollaboration on the Journal Cuadernos Políticos; Back to Philosophy; Chapter 3 The 'State of Art' ; a On Social Philosophy in Latin America; b On Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría; Part 2 Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez: Praxis and Knowledge ; Chapter 4 The Concept of Praxis ; a The Term 'Praxis' in Various European Languages; b The Terms 'Praxis' and 'Práctica' and the Problem of Their Translation ; c General Introduction to the Concept; Chapter 5 Everyday Consciousness of Praxis.

A The Critique of the Everyday Consciousness of Praxis, or, What Is a Theoretical Knowledge of Praxis Good For? b Revolutionary Praxis and Everyday Consciousness; Practical Politicism and Practical Apoliticism; c Artistic Praxis and Everyday Consciousness; d Concluding the Critique of Everyday Consciousness; Chapter 6 The Relationship between Philosophy and Praxis in History ; a Antiquity; b The Philosophy of Praxis; Chapter 7 The Theses on Feuerbach ; a The Position of the Theses on Feuerbach in Marx's Work; b Interpretation of the Theses on Feuerbach.

Praxis as the Basis for Knowledge (Thesis I) Praxis as a Criterion of Truth (Thesis II) ; Revolutionary Praxis as the Unity of the Transformation in Human Beings and in Circumstances (Thesis III) ; From the Interpretation of the World to its Transformation (Thesis XI) ; Epilogue to the Theses on Feuerbach; Chapter 8 Critique of Some Marxist Conceptions of Knowledge ; a Critique of Certain Conceptions of Marxism in General; b Critique of Certain Marxist Conceptions of Knowledge; Knowledge as the Direct Result of World-Transformative Praxis; Knowledge as Something Achieved Exclusively in Theory.

Chapter 9 Once Again on the Problem of Knowledge and Praxis a Materialism and Idealism; b Political and Productive Praxis; Chapter 10 The Philosophy of Praxis: Two Versions ; Part 3 Bolívar Echeverría: Use-Value and Ethos ; Chapter 11 Praxis and Use-Value ; a Theory of Use-Value and Critique of the Abstract Concept of Praxis; b Differences vis-à-vis the Concept of Praxis in Sánchez Vázquez; c Historical Limitations of the Marxian Concept of Use-Value; d The Aristotelian Concept of Use-Value as Interpreted by Marx; e Marx as the Founder of the Critical Concept of Use-Value.

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