Beyond Philosophy

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.

• Part 1 I.General HypothesesChapter 2 Domination-Liberation: A New ApproachChapter 3 The Bread of the Eucharist Celebration as a Sign of Justice in the CommunityChapter 4 The "World-System": Europe as "Center" and its "Periphery" Beyond EurocentrismPart 5 II. Liberating TheologyChapter 6 The Kingdom of God and the PoorChapter 7 'Populus Dei' in Populo Pauperum: From Vatican II to Medellín and PueblaChapter 8 Exodus as a Paradigm in Liberation TheologyPart 9 III.Ethics and EconomicsChapter 10 Racism: A Report on the Situation in Latin AmericaChapter 11 An Ethics of Liberation: Fundamental HypothesesChapter 12 Theology and Economy: The Theological Paradigm of Communicative Action and the Paradigm of the Community of Life as a Theology of LiberationChapter 13 Ethical Sense of the 1994 Maya Rebellion in ChiapasPart 14 IV.HistoryChapter 15 From Secularization to Secularism: Science from the Renaissance to the EnlightenmentChapter 16 Modern Christianity in Face of the 'Other'(from The 'Rude' Indian to the 'Noble Savage'Chapter 17 Was America Discovered or Invaded?

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.