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In Critical Marxism in Mexico, Stefan Gandler, coming from the tradition of the Frankfurt School, reveals the contributions that Adolfo Snchez Vzquez and Bolvar Echeverra have made to universal thought. While in recent years Latin America has distanced itself politically and economically from global power centers, in the realm of philosophy it has remained under the dominance of conventional western thinking. 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 lives and philosophies of Adolfo Snchez Vzquez and Bolvar Echeverra, former senior faculty members at the Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico (UNAM). Through its attempt to popularize the major works of these two great Mexican philosophers, Critical Marxism in Mexico is an invaluable resource for all those trying to place Critical Theory at the center of international philosophical discussions

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Author:   Stefan Gandler
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   87
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
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9781608466337

ISBN 10:   1608466337
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   14 June 2016
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Table of Contents

Table of contents Prologue to Peripheral Marxism by Michael Löwy 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 I: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXT 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’ 2. The Life and Work of Bolívar Echeverría The period in West Germany and West Berlin From the divided city to the Mexican capital Collaboration on the journal Cuadernos Políticos Back to philosophy 3. The ‘State of Art’ a) On social philosophy in Latin America b) On Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría Part II: ADOLFO SÁNCHEZ VÁZQUEZ: PRAXIS AND KNOWLEDGE 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 5. The Everyday Consciousness of Praxis a) The critique of the everyday consciousness of praxis, or, why is a theoretical understanding of praxis necessary? b) Revolutionary praxis and everyday consciousness Practical politicism and practical apoliticism c) Artistic praxis and everyday consciousness d) Concluding the critique of everyday consciousness 6. The Relationship between Philosophy and Praxis in History a) Antiquity b) The philosophy of praxis 7. The Theses on Feuerbach a) The Position of the Theses on Feuerbach within 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 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 9. Once Again on the Problem of Knowledge and Praxis a) Materialism and idealism b) Political and productive praxis 10. The Philosophy of Praxis: two versions Part III: BOLÍVAR ECHEVERRÍA: USE-VALUE AND ETHOS 11. Praxis and Use-Value a) The theory of use-value and the 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 f) Marx’s concept of the natural form and the theory of ethos g) Critique of political economy as critique of modernity 12. Concretisation of the Concept of Praxis a) Reproduction and communication b) Use value and sign c) Marx’s theory of tools d) Concept of concrete universalism 13. Modernity and Capitalism a) The critique of actually-existing modernity and the critique of actually existing postmodern thought b) The term ‘actually existing modernity’ c) Actually existing modernities as basis for a non-capitalist modernity 14. The Concept of Historical Ethos a) On the term ethos Translation problems b) Determination of the concept of ‘historical ethos c) The concept of modernity d) The terms ‘realist’, ‘romantic’, ‘classic’, and ‘baroque ethos’ e) The concept of the four ethe of capitalist modernity as a contribution to a materialist history of culture f) The theoretical positioning and explosive force of the concept of ethos Form of civilisation versus mode of production (for Martin Heidegger) The finite of the dominant modernity and of all capitalist modernities (for Karl Marx) Christianity and capitalism (for Max Weber) Puritanism and realism 15. The Four Ethe of Capitalist Modernity a) The realist ethos b) The romantic ethos c) The classic ethos d) The baroque ethos e) The non-existence of historical ethe in pure form f) Textual variants of the concept of ethos 16. Ethos and Ideology a) Limitations of the concept of ethos b) Contribution to the reconstruction of the concept of ideology in the critique of political economy 1859 Preface to the Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy On the text: “The Fetishism of the Commodity and Its Secret” The fetishism of the commodity The historical dimension of the fetishism of the commodity, or knowledge as a political-practical process On the relation between ‘necessity’ and ‘interest’ in the formation or perpetuation of ideologies Capital as a critique of fetishisms c) The concept of ethos as a toned down critique of ideology d) An example of the limitations of the concept of ethos 17. Utopia: A Non-Capitalist Society of Commodity Producers Part IV: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRAXIS AND ETHOS 18. Affirmation or Critique of Praxis? 19. The Conceptual Determination of Culture and Nature 20. The Philosophical Critique of Eurocentrism a) On the problem of focusing on European authors b) Critical concept of praxis versus abstract universalism, namely Eurocentrism BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX I. Bibliography of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez II. Bibliography of Bolívar Echeverría III. Selected Bibliography on Marxist Philosophy in Latin America IV. Sources for the Bibliography References Index

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With this book Stefan Gandler has made important contributions to the study of Marxism and critical social theory in Mexico. Regarding the first contribution, this book expands the theoretical tools and insights within the canon of Marxist thought...[<i>Critical Marxism in Mexico</i>] is a useful commentary and critical analysis for theorists in Latin America and beyond. In toto this book serves as an important corrective to the Eurocentric nature of western and orthodox canonical Marxism. <b>--Arnold L. Farr, <i>Lateral</i></b>

With this book Stefan Gandler has made important contributions to the study of Marxism and critical social theory in Mexico. Regarding the first contribution, this book expands the theoretical tools and insights within the canon of Marxist thought...[Critical Marxism in Mexico] is a useful commentary and critical analysis for theorists in Latin America and beyond. In toto this book serves as an important corrective to the Eurocentric nature of western and orthodox canonical Marxism. -Arnold L. Farr, Lateral With this book Stefan Gandler has made important contributions to the study of Marxism and critical social theory in Mexico. Regarding the first contribution, this book expands the theoretical tools and insights within the canon of Marxist thought [Critical Marxism in Mexico] is a useful commentary and critical analysis for theorists in Latin America and beyond. In toto this book serves as an important corrective to the Eurocentric nature of western and orthodox canonical Marxism. Arnold L. Farr, Lateral

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Stefan Gandler (Munich, 1964) studied Philosophy, Political Sciences and Latin-American Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt, with Alfred Schmidt as Ph.D. adviser. Lives in Mexico City since 1993, teaching Philosophy and Social Theory at: UNAM, UC Santa Cruz and Universidad Autnoma de Quertaro.

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