Cultural Identity and Social Liberation in Latin American Thought

Ofelia Schutte is Associate Professor of Philosophy and affiliate at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Social Liberation, Identity, and the Recovery of Early Marxist Thought: Preliminary Observations 2. Mariategui's Socialist Anthropology 3. Philosophy and the Problem of Cultural Identity: From Ramos to Salazar Bondy 4. The Humanity of Mestizaje and the Search for Freedom: Zea, Roig, and Miro Quesada on Consciousness, Reason, and History 5. Consciousness on the Side of the Oppressed: The Theology of Liberation and Christian-Marxist Dialogue 6. The Philosophy of Liberation in Critical Perspective 7. Cultural Identity, Liberation, and Feminist Theory Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

"This lively volume, rooted in careful thinking, is one of the most important books in Latin American thought published in the last twenty years. It integrates the discussion of social and political issues with the search for identity that has concerned Latin Americans for most of their recent history. The material is fresh and challenging." — Jorge J. E. Gracia, State University of New York at Buffalo